Found 2 items, similar to Amyloid.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: amyloid amyloid adj : resembling starch [syn: starchlike, amylaceous, amyloidal, farinaceous] amyloid n 1: a nonnitrogenous food substance consisting chiefly of starch; any substance resembling starch 2: (pathology) a waxy translucent complex protein resembling starch that results from degeneration of tissue
English → English (gcide) Definition: Amyloid Amyloid \Am"y*loid\, Amyloidal \Am`y*loid"al\, a. [L. amylum starch + -oid.] Resembling or containing amyl; starchlike. [1913 Webster] Amyloid degeneration (Med.), a diseased condition of various organs of the body, produced by the deposit of an albuminous substance, giving a blue color with iodine and sulphuric acid; -- called also waxy degeneration or lardaceous degeneration. [1913 Webster] Amyloid \Am"y*loid\ ([a^]m"[y^]*loid), n. 1. A non-nitrogenous starchy food; a starchlike substance. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) The substance deposited in the organs in amyloid degeneration. [1913 Webster]