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AMYLOIDOSIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A disorder characterized by deposit of amyloid in organs or tissues; often secondary to chronic rheumatoid arthritis or tuberculosis or multiple myeloma
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("amyloidosis" is a kind of...):
illness; malady; sickness; unwellness (impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism)
Context examples:
APP defects cause Alzheimer's disease and cerebroarterial amyloidosis.
(Amyloid Beta A4 Protein Precursor, NCI Thesaurus)
Treatment depends on the type of amyloidosis you have.
(Amyloidosis, NIH)
Nodular localized form of amyloidosis with predominantly thoracic localization (pulmonary amyloidosis), considered as secondary protein structure disease in which insoluble protein fibrils accumulate extracellularly.
(Amyloidoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Mutation of the gene is associated with both amyloidosis type 6 and age-related macular degeneration type 11.
(CST3 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
A painful asymmetric asynchronous sensory and motor peripheral neuropathy involving isolated damage to at least 2 separate nerve areas; associated with (but not limited to) systemic disorders such as diabetes, vasculitis, amyloidosis, direct tumor involvement, polyarteritis nodosa, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and paraneoplastic syndromes.
(Mononeuritis Multiplex, NCI Thesaurus)
This prevents the formation of amyloid deposits in certain organs, especially the kidneys, in AA amyloidosis.
(Eprodisate Disodium, NCI Thesaurus)
A group of diseases in which protein builds up in certain organs (localized amyloidosis) or throughout the body (systemic amyloidosis).
(Amyloidosis, NCI Dictionary)
There are three main types of amyloidosis: • Primary - with no known cause • Secondary - caused by another disease, including some types of cancer • Familial - passed down through genes
(Amyloidosis, NIH)
Many organs are affected by amyloidosis.
(Amyloidosis, NCI Dictionary)
Amyloidosis occurs when abnormal proteins called amyloids build up and form deposits.
(Amyloidosis, NIH)
