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amyloidopathy

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English

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Etymology

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From amyloid +‎ -o- +‎ -pathy.

Noun

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amyloidopathy (countable and uncountable, plural amyloidopathies)

  1. (pathology) The presence of amyloid peptide plaques in the brain
    • 2016 March 5, “Synaptosomal Mitochondrial Dysfunction in 5xFAD Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      However, it has been suggested that J20 transgenic model has its limitations in representing the full aspects of amyloidopathy in AD cases [16 ]; and it would be desirable to examine synaptosomal mitochondrial dysfunction in different animal models with a better representation of amyloidopathy in AD brains.