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amyloid beta

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.85 in modern English

Syllables
amy-loid -be-ta
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The class of peptides of 36–43 amino acids that are crucially involved in Alzheimer's disease as the main component of the amyloid plaques found in the brains of Alzheimer patients.

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

amyloid-beta (alternative) amiloid-beta (alternative)

Synonyms

Aβ Abeta

Questions

What does amyloid beta mean?
The class of peptides of 36–43 amino acids that are crucially involved in Alzheimer's disease as the main component of the amyloid plaques found in the brains of Alzheimer patients.

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