Amyloid

amyloid (Greek: amylon = flour, starch) means starch-like , also starch-like substance . It is a technical term in the

• Mycology and refers to the staining of tissues with iodine reagents: amyloidy
• Medicine and refers to certain, abnormally changed proteins (proteins) (due to prolonged inflammation), which also frequently show such reactions with iodine: amyloidosis

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.