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nouna hydrocarbon radical that occurs in many organic compoundstype of:
Definition that contains amyl
- popper a container of stimulant drug (amyl nitrate or butyl nitrite)
- amyloidosis a disorder characterized by deposit of amyloid in organs or tissues; often secondary to chronic rheumatoid arthritis or tuberculosis or multiple myeloma
- ptyalin an amylase secreted in saliva
- 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)
- amylolytic of or related to the process of amylolysis
- amyloid plaque a plaque consisting of tangles of amyloid protein in nervous tissue (a pathological mark of Alzheimer's disease)
- banana oil a liquid ester derived from amyl alcohol; has the odor of bananas
- amyloid protein plaque a plaque consisting of tangles of amyloid protein in nervous tissue (a pathological mark of Alzheimer's disease)
- fusel oil a mixture of amyl alcohols and propanol and butanol formed from distillation of fermented liquors