Medical Definition of Beta-amyloid

1. The protein which forms thick deposits, or plaques, in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease, a disease where memory skills gradually deteriorate with age. (13 Nov 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Beta-amyloid

beta-adrenergic receptors
beta-adrenoceptor
beta-adrenoreceptor antagonist
beta-alanine
beta-alanine-pyruvate aminotransferase
beta-alanyl-arginine hydrolase
beta-allocortol
beta-allocortolone
beta-allopregnanediol
beta-amino acid
beta-amino acids
beta-aminoisobutyrate:pyruvate aminotransferase
beta-aminoisobutyric acid
beta-aminoisobutyric acid oxidase
beta-amylase
beta-amyloid (current term)
beta-aspartyl(acetylglucosamine)
beta-aspartyldipeptidase
beta-beam
beta-blocker
beta-carboline-2-N-methyltransferase
beta-carotene
beta-carotene cleavage enzyme
beta-carotene hydroxylase
beta-cell src-homology tyrosine kinase
beta-chlorovinyldichloroarsine
beta-corticotropin
beta-cortol
beta-cortolone
beta-cyclohexenyl carotenoid epoxidase

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