Beta-amyloid Definition

bātəaməloid
noun

A complex, sticky amyloid found in the tangled masses of nerve cells in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease.

Webster's New World
A protein fragment formed by the cleavage of amyloid precursor protein that aggregates into deposits characteristically found in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease.
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