beta-amyloid

noun

be·ta-am·y·loid | \ ˈbā-tə-ˈa-mə-ˌlȯid

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variants: or beta-amyloid protein or beta-amyloid peptide

Definition of beta-amyloid

: an amyloid that is derived from a larger precursor protein and is the primary component of plaques characteristic of Alzheimer's disease … beta-amyloid is the main component of the plaques, or brain lesions, found in the estimated 4 million Americans afflicted with Alzheimer's disease. — Discover … researchers in California have created mice carrying the gene for beta-amyloid protein, the principal component of the plaques riddling the brains of people with Alzheimer's.— Charlene Crabb … he never underwent an autopsy that would have shown unequivocally whether the gummy mess of beta-amyloid plaques that is the telltale symptom of Alzheimer's had infected his brain.— Michael Greenberg

— called also A-beta, amyloid beta, amyloid beta peptide, amyloid beta protein

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beta-amyloid

noun

be·ta-am·y·loid

variants: also β-amyloid \ -ˈam-ə-ˌlȯid

How to pronounce β-amyloid (audio)

\ or beta-amyloid protein or beta-amyloid peptide

Medical Definition of beta-amyloid

: an amyloid that is derived from amyloid precursor protein and is the primary component of plaques characteristic of Alzheimer's disease

— called also A-beta, amyloid beta, amyloid beta peptide, amyloid beta protein

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