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amyloid-beta

amyloid-beta is the alternative form of amyloid beta.

Meaning of amyloid beta

Noun

amyloid beta (uncountable)

  1. The class of peptides of 36–43 amino acids that are crucially involved in Alzheimer's disease as the main component of the amyloid plaques found in the brains of Alzheimer patients.
    Synonyms:
    Aβ, Abeta

Questions about amyloid-beta

What is amyloid-beta the alternative form of?
Amyloid-beta is the alternative form of amyloid beta.

Words near amyloid-beta in the dictionary

  1. amylohydrolases
  2. amylohydrolysis
  3. amylohydrolytic
  4. amyloid
  5. amyloid beta
  6. amyloid-beta
  7. amyloidal
  8. amyloidic
  9. amyloidicity
  10. amyloidity
  11. amyloidogenecity

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