NOUN
- a disorder characterized by deposit of amyloid in organs or tissues; often secondary to chronic rheumatoid arthritis or tuberculosis or multiple myeloma
How To Use amyloidosis In A Sentence
- There was no evidence of systemic amyloidosis or malignancy.
- Either a sulfonated Alcian blue stain or Congo red stain was used in the initial evaluation for amyloidosis.
- The precise etiology and pathogenesis of laryngeal amyloidosis remain unknown.
- Less common features include clubbing, periostitis, amyloidosis, and granulomatous disease of bone and joint.
- Guthman, who suffered from a rare blood disease called amyloidosis, died Sunday at his Pacific Palisades home, said Bryce Nelson, a family spokesman. WTOP / Business / Biz Stories
- Amyloidosis occurs when the protein amyloid is deposited in the kidneys under conditions other than ordinary.
- Amyloidosis occurs when an abnormal protein becomes fibrous and becomes deposited in the heart muscle.
- Since last spring, when he announced he had a rare blood disease called amyloidosis, Jordan, 58, has been chronicling his life-and-death struggle online. My Author, My Life
- Clinical suspicion of amyloidosis as the cause of an extremity mass is likely to be very low, especially in the absence of an immunocyte dyscrasia.
- Since then, numerous cases of hereditary polyneuropathy associated with amyloidosis have been reported from several countries.