amyloid plaquenoun [ C ]
uk/ˌæm.ɪ.lɔɪd ˈplɑːk//ˌæm.ɪ.lɔɪd ˈplæk//ˌæm.ɪ.lɔɪd ˈplæk/specializeda collection of the protein amyloid that forms in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease (= a disease affecting memory, speech, and the ability to think clearly)
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Disorders of muscles & the nervous system
- acoustic neuroma
- agnosia
- akinetic-rigid HD
- ALS
- Alzheimer's
- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- atrophy
- catalepsy
- chronic fatigue syndrome
- motor neuron disease
- Moyamoya disease
- multiple system atrophy
- muscular dystrophy
- myasthenia gravis
- myelin damage
- persistent vegetative state
- rabid
- rabies
- vapour
- writer's cramp
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