amyloid beta
English
Alternative forms
- amyloid-beta
- amiloid-beta
Noun
amyloid beta (uncountable)
- (biochemistry) 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.
Synonyms
- Aβ
- Abeta