antiamyloid

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Etymology[edit]

anti- +‎ amyloid

Noun[edit]

antiamyloid (plural antiamyloids)

  1. (medicine) Any substance that combats amyloid (protein deposits)
    • 2015 August 17, Anindita Banerjee et al., “Vitamin D and Alzheimer's Disease: Neurocognition to Therapeutics”, in International Journal of Alzheimer's Disease[1], volume 2015, →DOI:
      The failed antiamyloid and antioxidant drug trials confirms that the understanding of the AD pathology still needs to be dissected out in every aspect.