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{
"amyloid beta":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": beta-amyloid":[
"In Alzheimer's, the possible infectious agent under scrutiny is a protein called amyloid-beta best known as the main ingredient in the hulking, sticky gobs of plaque found in the brains of people with the disease.",
"\u2014 Laura Sanders",
"In Alzheimer's patients, the amyloid beta protein somehow goes off track and clumps together in sticky plaques that destroy healthy brain tissue.",
"\u2014 Nancy McVicar"
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1987, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-204941"
},
"Amytal":{
"type":[
"trademark"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8a-m\u0259-\u02cct\u022fl",
"\u02c8am-\u0259-\u02cct\u022fl"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-215538"
},
"amyloidosis":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a disorder characterized by the deposition of amyloid in bodily organs and tissues":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cca-m\u0259-\u02ccl\u022fi-\u02c8d\u014d-s\u0259s",
"\u02ccam-\u0259-\u02ccl\u022fi-\u02c8d\u014d-s\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Intellia Therapeutics is developing a drug for a rare and fatal disease known as transthyretin amyloidosis in collaboration with Regeneron. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021",
"Intellia Therapeutics is developing a drug for a rare and fatal disease known as transthyretin amyloidosis in collaboration with Regeneron. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021",
"Intellia Therapeutics is developing a drug for a rare and fatal disease known as transthyretin amyloidosis in collaboration with Regeneron. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021",
"Intellia Therapeutics is developing a drug for a rare and fatal disease known as transthyretin amyloidosis in collaboration with Regeneron. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021",
"Intellia Therapeutics is developing a drug for a rare and fatal disease known as transthyretin amyloidosis in collaboration with Regeneron. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021",
"One example comes from using electrocardiogram (EKG) data to diagnose AL amyloidosis . \u2014 Scientific American , 16 Nov. 2021",
"While none of the 40 types of amyloidosis are common, your sister was right that protein in the urine might represent a serious condition. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 2 Nov. 2021",
"Moreover, the positive data from Intellia Therapeutics for treatment of transthyretin amyloidosis published in late June should give investors some hope that other players, too, can eventually see some success with their pipelines. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 19 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1886, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-220548"
},
"amyl alcohol":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1849, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-011805"
},
"amyroot":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": indian hemp":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0101m\u0113\u02cc-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1869, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-022501"
},
"amyris oil":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an oil distilled from the wood of a torchwood ( Amyris balsamifera ) and used in perfumery":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1918, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-050839"
},
"amyl acetate":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a colorless liquid acetate C 7 H 14 O 2 of amyl alcohol that has a pleasant fruity odor and is used especially as a solvent and in the manufacture of artificial fruit essences":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Humans have also been found as able as dogs and rabbits at smelling the main odorant in bananas ( amyl acetate ), and are more sensitive to mice than at least one component odor of human blood. \u2014 Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian , 22 May 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1863, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-064312"
},
"amylase":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of a group of enzymes (such as amylopsin ) that catalyze the hydrolysis of starch and glycogen or their intermediate hydrolysis products":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8a-m\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101s",
"-\u02ccl\u0101z",
"\u02c8am-\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101s, -\u02ccl\u0101z"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And even modern dogs carry varying numbers of amylase genes, notes Larson, who also was not on the research team. \u2014 Tess Joosse, Scientific American , 22 Sep. 2021",
"Because the amylase enzyme is much more efficient at digesting cooked rather than raw starch, the finding also suggests cooking, too, was common by 600,000 years ago, Carmody says. \u2014 Ann Gibbons, Science | AAAS , 10 May 2021",
"Carrots, like many root vegetables, contain large reserves of starch, and over time, an enzyme called amylase cuts the starch to release sucrose, or table sugar. \u2014 Nik Sharma, Washington Post , 8 May 2020",
"But even the largest small proteins don't measure up to average-size proteins such as alpha amylase , a 496\u2013amino-acid enzyme in our saliva that breaks down starch. \u2014 Mitch Leslie, Science | AAAS , 17 Oct. 2019",
"Those little birds had higher cholesterol and more amylase , an enzyme that turns starch into sugar. \u2014 Jason Daley, Smithsonian , 5 Aug. 2019",
"But these seven first-release beers, with descriptions provided on the festival website\u2019s beer page, have our salivary amylase getting fired up way too soon. \u2014 oregonlive.com , 19 July 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1883, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-091708"
},
"amyl nitrite":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a pale yellow pungent flammable liquid ester C 5 H 11 NO 2 of commercial amyl alcohol and nitrous acid that is used in medicine as a vasodilator and inhaled illicitly especially as an aphrodisiac \u2014 compare popper sense 2":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1867, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-103924"
},
"amyloleucite":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": leucoplast":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccam\u0259(\u02cc)l\u014d\u02c8l\u00fc\u02ccs\u012bt"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary amyl- + leucite":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1889, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-114645"
},
"amyl nitrate":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a colorless liquid ester C 5 H 11 NO 3 of amyl alcohol and nitric acid":[],
": amyl nitrite":[
"\u2014 not used technically"
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Some routines, especially the one in which Reverend Mother repeatedly sniffs amyl nitrate , then rolls about the floor in a stupor, are interminable. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, courant.com , 23 Sep. 2019",
"Snyder didn\u2019t send him to the hospital but instead treated him with amyl nitrate for angina; heparin, a blood thinner; and morphine for the pain. \u2014 Marc Siegel, Slate Magazine , 19 Jan. 2017",
"Snyder didn\u2019t send him to the hospital but instead treated him with amyl nitrate for angina \u2014 Marc Siegel, Slate Magazine , 19 Jan. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1867, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-121311"
},
"amyliferous":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": bearing or producing starch":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6am\u0259\u00a6lif(\u0259)r\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"amyl- + -i- + -ferous":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1846, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-125823"
},
"amyl-":{
"type":[
"combining form",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of various isomeric alkyl radicals C 5 H 11 \u2212 derived from pentane":[],
": starch":[
"amylo plast"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8am-\u0259l",
"\u02c8a-m\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Humans have also been found as able as dogs and rabbits at smelling the main odorant in bananas ( amyl acetate), and are more sensitive to mice than at least one component odor of human blood. \u2014 Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian , 22 May 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin am ylum + English -yl":"Noun",
"Latin amylum , from Greek amylon , from neuter of amylos unmilled (of grain), from a- + myl\u0113 mill \u2014 more at meal":"Combining form"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1847, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-141458"
},
"amylopsin":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the amylase of the pancreatic juice":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccam-\u0259-\u02c8l\u00e4p-s\u0259n",
"\u02cca-m\u0259-\u02c8l\u00e4p-s\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"amyl- + -psin (as in trypsin )":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1878, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-171354"
},
"amylene hydrate":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": tertiary amyl alcohol":[
"\u2014 used chiefly in pharmacy"
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1866, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-174730"
},
"amylogram":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the record made by an amylograph":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8am\u0259l\u014d\u02ccgram"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"amyl- + -gram":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1939, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-180514"
},
"amygdule":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": one of the rounded nodules occurring in an amygdaloid":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8amig-",
"\u0259\u02c8mig\u02ccd(y)\u00fcl"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"irregular from amygdal- + -ule":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1847, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-181402"
}
}