waxy degeneration 名詞
澱粉樣變性
Wax·y a. Resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid; adhesive; soft; hence, yielding; pliable; impressible. “Waxy to persuasion.”
Waxy degeneration Med., amyloid degeneration. See under Amyloid.
Waxy kidney, Waxy liver, etc. Med., a kidney or liver affected by waxy degeneration.
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am·y·loid n.
1. A starchlike substance.
2. Med. Any of a group of diverse starchlike glycoproteins deposited in the organs under some pathological conditions, such as amyloidosis; they are composed of linear nonbranching fibrils when viewed under the electron microscope. --Stedman 25
Amyloid degeneration Med., Same as amyloidosis; -- called also waxy degeneration or lardaceous degeneration.
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