| AMYLOBARBITONE | • amylobarbitone n. Obsolete spelling of amobarbital. • AMYLOBARBITONE n. a white crystalline powder used as a sedative, aka amobarbital.
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| AMYLOBARBITONES | • AMYLOBARBITONE n. a white crystalline powder used as a sedative, aka amobarbital. | 
| AMYLOGEN | • amylogen n. The water-soluble part of granulose. • AMYLOGEN n. the relatively soluble component of starch, also AMYLOSE.
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| AMYLOGENS | • AMYLOGEN n. the relatively soluble component of starch, also AMYLOSE. | 
| AMYLOID | • amyloid n. A waxy compound of protein and polysaccharides that is found deposited in tissues in amyloidosis. • amyloid n. Any of various starchlike substances.
 • amyloid adj. Containing or resembling starch.
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| AMYLOIDAL | • amyloidal adj. Alternative form of amyloid. • AMYLOIDAL adj. resembling or containing starch.
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| AMYLOIDOSES | • amyloidoses n. Plural of amyloidosis. • AMYLOIDOSIS n. the condition of the body in which amyloid is deposited in the tissues.
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| AMYLOIDOSIS | • amyloidosis n. (Medicine) Any of a group of disorders in which the fibrous protein amyloid is deposited in an organ of the body. • AMYLOIDOSIS n. the condition of the body in which amyloid is deposited in the tissues.
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| AMYLOIDS | • amyloids n. Plural of amyloid. • AMYLOID n. a substance containing starch.
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| AMYLOLYSES | • AMYLOLYSIS n. the conversion of starch into sugar. | 
| AMYLOLYSIS | • amylolysis n. The conversion of starch into sugar by the action of acids or enzymes such as amylase. • AMYLOLYSIS n. the conversion of starch into sugar.
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| AMYLOLYTIC | • amylolytic adj. (Biochemistry) Relating to amylolysis. • amylolytic n. Such a microbe or enzyme.
 • AMYLOLYTIC adj. characterised by the enzymatic splitting of starch into soluble products.
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| AMYLOPECTIN | • amylopectin n. (Biochemistry) A highly branched, insoluble form of starch (the soluble form being amylose). • AMYLOPECTIN n. the major component of starch, consisting of branched polysaccharide chains.
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| AMYLOPECTINS | • amylopectins n. Plural of amylopectin. • AMYLOPECTIN n. the major component of starch, consisting of branched polysaccharide chains.
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| AMYLOPLAST | • amyloplast n. (Biology) A specialized leucoplast responsible for the storage of amylopectin through the polymerization of glucose. • AMYLOPLAST n. a colourless plastid that forms and stores starch.
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| AMYLOPLASTS | • amyloplasts n. Plural of amyloplast. • AMYLOPLAST n. a colourless plastid that forms and stores starch.
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| AMYLOPSIN | • amylopsin n. (Biochemistry) A pancreatic form of amylase. • AMYLOPSIN n. an enzyme in pancreatic juice.
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| AMYLOPSINS | • amylopsins n. Plural of amylopsin. • AMYLOPSIN n. an enzyme in pancreatic juice.
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| AMYLOSE | • amylose n. (Biochemistry) The soluble form of starch (the insoluble form being amylopectin) that is a linear polymer of glucose. • AMYLOSE n. the relatively soluble component of starch, also AMYLOGEN.
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| AMYLOSES | • amyloses n. Plural of amylose. • AMYLOSE n. the relatively soluble component of starch, also AMYLOGEN.
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