amyloid has definitions from the fields of chemistry,pathology,biochemistry
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[ noun ] (chemistry) a nonnitrogenous food substance consisting chiefly of starch; any substance resembling starch

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starch

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[ adjective ] resembling starch

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starchy

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

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protein pathology

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