(n) a disorder characterized by deposit of amyloid in organs or tissues; often secondary to chronic rheumatoid arthritis or tuberculosis or multiple myeloma

amyloid plaque

(n) a plaque consisting of tangles of amyloid protein in nervous tissue (a pathological mark of Alzheimer's disease), Syn. amyloid protein plaque

amylolysis

(n) conversion of starch to sugar

amylolytic

(adj) of or related to the process of amylolysis

genus mylodon

(n) type genus of the Mylodontidae; sometimes included in family Megatheriidae

mylodon

(n) large (bear-sized) extinct edentate mammal of the Pleistocene in South America

mylodontid

(n) a variety of extinct edentate

mylodontidae

(n) extinct South American edentates, Syn. family Mylodontidae

starchlike

(adj) resembling starch, Syn. amylaceous, amyloid, farinaceous, amyloidal

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Amylobacter

n. [ L. amylum starch + NL. bacterium. See Bacterium. ] (Biol.) A microörganism (Bacillus amylobacter) which develops in vegetable tissue during putrefaction. Sternberg. [ 1913 Webster ]

Amylogen

n. [ Amylum + -gen. ] (Chem.) That part of the starch granule or granulose which is soluble in water. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Amylogenesis

n. [ Amylum + genesis. ] The formation of starch. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Amylogenic

a. 1. Of or pertaining to amylogen. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. Forming starch; -- applied specif. to leucoplasts. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

amyloid

{ } a. [ L. amylum starch + -oid. ] Resembling or containing starch; starchlike. AS
Syn. -- starchlike, amylaceous [ 1913 Webster ]

amyloid

n. 1. A starchlike substance. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

2. (Med.) Any of a group of diverse starchlike glycoproteins deposited in the organs under some pathological conditions, such as amyloidosis; they are composed of linear nonbranching fibrils when viewed under the electron microscope. Stedman 25 [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

Amyloid degeneration (Med.), Same as amyloidosis; -- called also waxy degeneration or lardaceous degeneration. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

amyloidosis

n. (Med.) A disorder characterized by deposit of extracellular amyloid{ 2 } in organs or tissues in an amount that interferes with normal function of the affected organ; it is often secondary to chronic rheumatoid arthritis or tuberculosis or multiple myeloma. Called also amyloid degeneration waxy degeneration and lardaceous degeneration. [ WordNet 1.5 + AS ]

amylolysis

n. [ Amylum + Gr. ly`sis a loosing. ] (Chem.) The conversion of starch into soluble products, as dextrins and sugar, esp. by the action of enzymes. -- Am`y*lo*lyt"ic a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Amylolytic

a. [ Gr. &unr_; starch + &unr_; solvent; &unr_; to dissolve. ] (Physiol.) Effecting the conversion of starch into soluble dextrin and sugar; as, an amylolytic ferment. Foster. [ 1913 Webster ]

Amylometer

n. [ Amylum + -meter. ] Instrument for determining the amount of starch in a substance. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Amyloplastic

a. [ Amylum + -plastic. ] Starch-forming; amylogenic. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Amylopsin

n. [ Amylum + Gr. &unr_; appearance. ] (Physiol. Chem.) The diastase of the pancreatic juice. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Amylose

n. (Chem.) One of the starch group (C6H10O5)n of the carbohydrates; as, starch, arabin, dextrin, cellulose, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mylodon

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a mill + 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, a tooth. ] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of large slothlike American edentates, allied to Megatherium. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mylodontidae

n. A natural family of extinct South American edentates.
Syn. -- family Mylodontidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Mylohyoid

a. [ Gr. &unr_; the molar teeth + E. hyoid. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to, or in the region of, the lower jaw and the hyoid apparatus; as, the mylohyoid nerve. [ 1913 Webster ]

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