Amyloid

{am’ ’-il-oid) [a^cvAov, starch; elSog, form]. Starch-like. A. Bodies, bodies resembling starch grains, found in the nervous system, the prostate, etc. They are the result of a localized amyloid degeneration. A. Degeneration, waxy, or lardaceous degeneration. A degeneration characterized by the formation of an albuminous substance, resembling starch in its chemic reactions. The proce affects primarily the connective ti ue of the blood-ve els of various organs, and is connected with or due to chronic suppuration in the body. Amyloid substance gives a brown color with iodin, a red color with gentian-violet, and turns blue on being treated with iodin and sulphuric acid. A. Kidney. See Bright”1 s Disease. 53