| amyloid |
a non-nitrogenous food substance consisting chiefly of starch; any substance resembling starch (pathology) a waxy translucent complex protein resembling starch that results from degeneration of tissue starchlike: resembling starch
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| amyloidosis |
a disorder characterized by deposit of amyloid in organs or tissues; often secondary to chronic rheumatoid arthritis or tuberculosis or multiple myeloma
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| amyloid A protein |
a pathological fibrillar low-molecular-weight protein occurring in reactive systemic amyloidosis and familial Mediterranean fever; it is antigenically related to the high-molecular-weight serum amyloid A (SAA) protein. Called also AA p. See also amyloid (def. 3).
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| amyloid light chain protein |
a pathological fibrillar low-molecular-weight protein occurring in immunocyte-derived amyloidosis; it is structurally and immunologically similar to the variable region of either the kappa chains or the lambda chains of immunoglobulins. Called also AL p. See also amyloid (def. 3).
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| amyloid polyneuropathy |
polyneuropathy caused by amyloidosis; symptoms may include dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system, carpal tunnel syndrome, and sensory disturbances in the extremities such as numbness, hyperesthesia, or paresthesia. See also familial amyloid p.
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