AMYLOIDOSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does amyloidosis mean? 

• AMYLOIDOSIS (noun)
  The noun AMYLOIDOSIS has 1 sense:

1. a disorder characterized by deposit of amyloid in organs or tissues; often secondary to chronic rheumatoid arthritis or tuberculosis or multiple myeloma

  Familiarity information: AMYLOIDOSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMYLOIDOSIS (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 

The orally available disodium salt form of eprodisate, a negatively charged sulfonated inhibitor of fibrillogenesis, that can be used in the treatment of amyloid A (AA) amyloidosis.

(Eprodisate Disodium, NCI Thesaurus)

APP defects can cause Alzheimer's disease and cerebroarterial amyloidosis.

(APP wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A monoclonal antibody against amyloid with potential use in the treatment of amyloid light chain (AL) and AA amyloidosis.

(Anti-amyloid Monoclonal Antibody NEOD001, NCI Thesaurus)

A substance that is being studied as a treatment for cancer and for primary systemic amyloidosis (a disease in which proteins are deposited in specific organs).

(Iododoxorubicin, NCI Dictionary)

It includes the following entities: primary amyloidosis, heavy chain deposition disease, and light chain deposition disease.

(Monoclonal Immunoglobulin Deposition Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

This breed is used in toxicological studies and is prone to amyloidosis of the kidneys, liver, and adrenal glands after twelve months of age.

(LVG Hamster, NCI Thesaurus)

Amyloidosis and severe renal failure occur more frequently than in multiple myeloma.

(Light Chain Deposition Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

Causes include vitamin K deficiency, amyloidosis, and severe liver disease.

(Acquired Coagulation Factor Deficiency, NCI Thesaurus)

An autosomal dominant inherited form of amyloidosis.

(Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, NCI Thesaurus)

Amyloidosis may be either primary (with no known cause), secondary (caused by another disease, including some types of cancer, such as multiple myeloma), or hereditary (passed down from parents to children).

(Amyloidosis, NCI Dictionary)