amyloidosis

[ am-uh-loi-doh-sis ]

/ ˌæm ə lɔɪˈdoʊ sɪs /

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noun, plural am·y·loi·do·ses

[am-uh-loi-doh-seez]. /ˌæm ə lɔɪˈdoʊ siz/. Pathology.

a deposit of amyloid in tissues or organs.

the diseased state resulting from this deposit.

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Origin of amyloidosis

First recorded in 1895–1900; amyloid + -osis

Words nearby amyloidosis

amylic, amyl nitrite, amylo-, amylogen, amyloid, amyloidosis, amylolysis, amylopectin, amyloplast, amylopsin, amylose

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How to use amyloidosis in a sentence

She raised a family in this corner of Chicago with husband Mike, who was 61 when he died in December of amyloidosis, a rare blood cancer.
Before off-duty police shooting, Chicago officer had long complaint record. Should the city pay?|Robert Klemko|September 22, 2021|Washington Post
In this case, the technology was applied towards a therapy for transthyretin amyloidosis, a genetic disease that causes sufferers’ livers to produce a protein that eventually builds up to toxic levels.
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Transthyretin amyloidosis causes a defective protein called amyloid to build up in the body resulting in progressive nerve damage and, in many cases, heart failure.
CRISPR breaks ground as a one-shot treatment for a rare disease|Claire Maldarelli|July 28, 2021|Popular-Science
It was the amyloidosis that sometimes made it difficult for Lew Hill to walk around their block.
A rare disease, a covid diagnosis, a painful decision: The death of basketball coach Lew Hill|Dave Sheinin|February 11, 2021|Washington Post

The cause was cardiac amyloidosis, said his wife, Margaret Kepner.
Community deaths||October 28, 2020|Washington Post

British Dictionary definitions for amyloidosis

amyloidosis

/ (ˌæmɪlɔɪˈdəʊsɪs) /

noun

pathol the deposition of amyloid in various tissues of the body, as occurs in certain chronic infections

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