| amygdala |
L. from Gr. amygdalO, almond. An almond-shaped structure in the tip of the temporal lobe.
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| amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
a terminal neurological disorder characterized by progressive degeneration of motor cells in the spinal cord and brain. It is often referred to as "Lou Gehrig's disease."
Ãâó: ymghealthinfo.org/content.asp
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| amyloidosis |
a disease characterized by extracellular deposition in connective tissue of a carbohydrate-protein material, amyloid
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| amyloid |
the extracellular protein substance deposited in amyloidosis. It is a waxy, amorphous, eosinophilic, hyalinelike material that exhibits red-green birefringence under polarized light when stained with Congo red. Amyloid deposits are composed of straight, non-branching fibrils with a diameter of 7.5 to 10 nm and indefinite length. ...
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| amyloidosis |
a group of conditions of diverse etiologies characterized by the accumulation of insoluble fibrillar proteins (amyloid) in various organs and tissues of the body - eventually organ function is compromised. The associated disease states may be inflammatory, hereditary or neoplastic and the deposition may be local or generalized or systemic.
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