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AMYLOID PROTEIN PLAQUE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A plaque consisting of tangles of amyloid protein in nervous tissue (a pathological mark of Alzheimer's disease)
Synonyms:
amyloid plaque; amyloid protein plaque
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Hypernyms ("amyloid protein plaque" is a kind of...):
plaque ((pathology) a small abnormal patch on or inside the body)