amyloidosis
noun
am·y·loid·osis
ˌa-mə-ˌlȯi-ˈdō-səs 
: a disorder characterized by the deposition of amyloid in bodily organs and tissues
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The resulting diseases — AL amyloidosis, ATTR amyloidosis and more — cause much suffering.
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Big Think, 24 June 2024
In late 2019, Jacobs was diagnosed with cardiac amyloidosis, a condition that weakens the heart.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2024
Researchers are exploring this strategy to develop a single-dose treatment for hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis, a rare genetic disease caused by the accumulation of misfolded proteins in the heart and nerves.
—Discover Magazine, 8 Jan. 2024
McGuinness died at the relatively young age of 66 from amyloidosis, a rare condition that affects the tissues and organs.
—Gary Murphy, Foreign Affairs, 3 Apr. 2017
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Big Think, 24 June 2024
In late 2019, Jacobs was diagnosed with cardiac amyloidosis, a condition that weakens the heart.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2024
Researchers are exploring this strategy to develop a single-dose treatment for hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis, a rare genetic disease caused by the accumulation of misfolded proteins in the heart and nerves.
—Discover Magazine, 8 Jan. 2024
McGuinness died at the relatively young age of 66 from amyloidosis, a rare condition that affects the tissues and organs.
—Gary Murphy, Foreign Affairs, 3 Apr. 2017
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amyloidosis
noun
am·y·loid·o·sis
ˌam-ə-ˌlȯi-ˈdō-səs
plural amyloidoses
-ˌsēz
: a disorder characterized by the deposition of amyloid in organs or tissues of the animal body see paramyloidosis
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