Amyloid

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NOUN

a non-nitrogenous food substance consisting chiefly of starch

(pathology) a waxy translucent complex protein resembling starch that results from degeneration of tissue

ADJ

starchlike, amylaceous, amyloidal, farinaceous

resembling starch

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