plural of amyloidosis

Relating to amyloidogenesis.

(biochemistry) The production of amyloid

Of or pertaining to amyloidosis

The property of being amyloidogenic.

(pathology) The presence of amyloid peptide plaques in the brain

plural of amyloidopathy

Synonym of Muckle-Wells syndrome

A mass of amyloid (misfolded proteins and polysaccharides) that has collected in an anatomic site as a result of any of various types of amyloidosis; it is not, strictly speaking, a benign tumor (because it is not a lump of cells but rather extracellular protein), but it can produce mass effect like a benign tumor would.

plural of amyloidoma