starchlike
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starchlike — adjective resembling starch • Syn: ↑amylaceous, ↑amyloid, ↑amyloidal, ↑farinaceous • Similar to: ↑starchy • Derivationally related forms: ↑amyloid ( … Useful english dictionary
Amyloid — Am y*loid, Amyloidal Am y*loid al, a. [L. amylum starch + oid.] Resembling or containing amyl; starchlike. [1913 Webster] {Amyloid degeneration} (Med.), a diseased condition of various organs of the body, produced by the deposit of an albuminous… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Amyloid — Am y*loid ([a^]m [y^]*loid), n. 1. A non nitrogenous starchy food; a starchlike substance. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) The substance deposited in the organs in amyloid degeneration. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Amyloid degeneration — Amyloid Am y*loid, Amyloidal Am y*loid al, a. [L. amylum starch + oid.] Resembling or containing amyl; starchlike. [1913 Webster] {Amyloid degeneration} (Med.), a diseased condition of various organs of the body, produced by the deposit of an… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
amyloidal — adj. 1. resembling starch Syn: starchlike, amylaceous, amyloid [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Amyloidal — Amyloid Am y*loid, Amyloidal Am y*loid al, a. [L. amylum starch + oid.] Resembling or containing amyl; starchlike. [1913 Webster] {Amyloid degeneration} (Med.), a diseased condition of various organs of the body, produced by the deposit of an… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lardaceous degeneration — Amyloid Am y*loid, Amyloidal Am y*loid al, a. [L. amylum starch + oid.] Resembling or containing amyl; starchlike. [1913 Webster] {Amyloid degeneration} (Med.), a diseased condition of various organs of the body, produced by the deposit of an… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
waxy degeneration — Amyloid Am y*loid, Amyloidal Am y*loid al, a. [L. amylum starch + oid.] Resembling or containing amyl; starchlike. [1913 Webster] {Amyloid degeneration} (Med.), a diseased condition of various organs of the body, produced by the deposit of an… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pyramidal orchid — Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked) … Wikipedia
levulin — [lev′yo͞o lin] n. 〚 LEVUL(OSE) + IN1〛 a colorless, starchlike carbohydrate (C6H10O5) which hydrolyzes to form levulose * * * … Universalium
