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AMYLOIDAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does amyloidal mean?
• AMYLOIDAL (adjective)
The adjective AMYLOIDAL has 1 sense:
1. resembling starch
Familiarity information: AMYLOIDAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Resembling starch
Synonyms:
amylaceous; amyloid; amyloidal; farinaceous; starchlike
Similar:
starchy (consisting of or containing starch)
Derivation:
amyloid ((pathology) a waxy translucent complex protein resembling starch that results from degeneration of tissue)
amyloid (a non-nitrogenous food substance consisting chiefly of starch; any substance resembling starch)
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