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adjectiveresembling starch
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nouna non-nitrogenous food substance consisting chiefly of starch; any substance resembling starch
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noun(pathology) a waxy translucent complex protein resembling starch that results from degeneration of tissuetype of:
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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
- amyloid plaque a plaque consisting of tangles of amyloid protein in nervous tissue (a pathological mark of Alzheimer's disease)
- amyloid protein plaque a plaque consisting of tangles of amyloid protein in nervous tissue (a pathological mark of Alzheimer's disease)
- secretase a set of enzymes believed to snip pieces off a longer protein producing fragments of amyloid protein that bunch up and create amyloid protein plaques in brain tissue (the pathological hallmark of Alzheimer's)