An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
AMYLOID
starchlike, amylaceous, amyloid, amyloidal, farinaceous
(adjective) resembling starch
amyloid
(noun) (pathology) a waxy translucent complex protein resembling starch that results from degeneration of tissue
amyloid
(noun) a non-nitrogenous food substance consisting chiefly of starch; any substance resembling starch
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
amyloid (plural amyloids)
A waxy compound of protein and polysaccharides that is found deposited in tissues in amyloidosis.
Any of various starchlike substances.
Adjective
amyloid (comparative more amyloid, superlative most amyloid)
Containing or resembling starch.
(mycology) Applied to a mushroom that turns blue-black upon application of Melzer's reagent
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Am"y*loid, n.
1. A non-nitrogenous starchy food; a starchlike substance.
2. (Med.)
Definition: The substance deposited in the organs in amyloid degeneration.
Am"y*loid, Am`y*loid"al, a. Etym: [L. amylum starch + -oid.]
Definition: Resembling or containing amyl; starchlike. Amyloid degeneration (Med.), a diseased condition of various organs of the body, produced by the deposit of an albuminous substance, giving a blue color with iodine and sulphuric acid; -- called also waxy or lardaceous degeneration.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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POLYGENIC
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
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