amyloid

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: am=y=loid

CIDE DICTIONARY

amyloid, a. [L. amylum starch + -oid.].

 Resembling or containing amyl; starchlike.  [1913 Webster]

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 degeneration or lardaceous degeneration.

amyloid, n. 

•  A non-nitrogenous starchy food; a starchlike substance.  [1913 Webster]
•  The substance deposited in the organs in amyloid degeneration.  [1913 Webster]