amyloidosis
Americannoun
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a deposit of amyloid in tissues or organs.
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the diseased state resulting from this deposit.
noun
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Near the end of his life, Pistono was struggling with a medical condition called AL amyloidosis, which weakened his heart, forcing him to cut back on some of his more-strenuous activities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
GalNAc conjugate therapies, which attach siRNA molecules to the ligand to deliver therapies inside cells, are already on the market for conditions such as hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 14, 2024
Ross Cunliffe, 65, from Woburn, Bedfordshire, was told in 2013 he had the rare condition, AL amyloidosis.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2024
No details of his death were released, but Gen. Musharraf was battling a rare internal disease called amyloidosis, in which excess protein builds up in organs and tissue and eventually disrupts heart function.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 5, 2023
At Mount Sinai, he discovered that he suffered from cardiac amyloidosis, in which protein builds up in the heart, reducing its ability to pump blood.
From New York Times ● Aug. 12, 2022
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