beta-amyloid
Biochemistry
noun
A polypeptide derived from a larger membrane glycoprotein (amyloid precursor protein), which accumulates in the brain in Alzheimer's disease and certain other neurodegenerative diseases, typically forming amyloid plaques; also called amyloid beta; frequently attributive.
Origin
1980s; earliest use found in The Lancet.
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