amyloidosis

Noun

Meaning

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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

amyloid onchocerciasis amylose multiple myeloma dracunculiasis amyloid plaques hATTR Alport syndrome myeloma serum amyloid deposition amyloid levels amyloid load amyloid overaccumulation amyloid overexpression collapsing glomerulopathy

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Hypernyms

illness sickness malady unwellness

Examples

Nevertheless, severe, long-standing disease can uncommonly lead to a form of protein deposition and damage to the kidney, referred to as amyloidosis. Source: Internet

The different types of amyloidosis are distinguished from one another primarily based on the type of protein the fibrils contain. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

amyloidoma amyloidopathy amyloidophilic amyloidotic amyloidotropic amylolysin