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amyloid | a non-nitrogenous food substance consisting chiefly of starch; any substance resembling starch | ||
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farinaceous, starchlike, amylaceous, amyloid, amyloidal | resembling starch | ||
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amyloid | [in pathology] a waxy translucent complex protein resembling starch that results from degeneration of tissue |