AMYLOID PLAQUE

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Meaning:

A plaque consisting of tangles of amyloid protein in nervous tissue (a pathological mark of Alzheimer's disease)

Synonyms:

amyloid plaque; amyloid protein plaque

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("amyloid plaque" is a kind of...):

plaque ((pathology) a small abnormal patch on or inside the body)

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