Amyloid degeneration

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(Med.)	a diseased condition of various organs of the body, produced by the deposit of an albuminous substance, giving a blue color with iodine and sulphuric acid; - called also waxy degeneration or lardaceous degeneration.
	See under Amyloid, Caseous, etc.

See also: Amyloid, Degeneration

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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This was in accordance with observations in human pathology, and with the results of earlier experiments in which amyloid degeneration had been observed following the injections of living or dead bacteria, or of bacterial toxins (Bailey(2)).

RELATION BETWEEN AMYLOID DEGENERATION AND NUMBER OF PROTEIN INJECTIONS

It appears from this table that certain individual differences exist regarding the disposition to amyloid degeneration when less than sixty injections are given.