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amyloid beta

amyloid beta noun: 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.

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

Synonyms of amyloid beta

  • Aβ
  • Abeta

Forms of amyloid beta

alternative formamyloid-beta
alternative formamiloid-beta

Questions about amyloid beta

What does amyloid beta mean?
Amyloid beta means 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.
What part of speech is amyloid beta?
Amyloid beta is a noun.

Words near amyloid beta in the dictionary

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

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