| amylase |
any of a group of proteins found in saliva and pancreatic juice and parts of plants; help convert starch to sugar
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| 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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| amylolysis |
conversion of starch to sugar
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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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