amyloid beta

English

Alternative forms

• amyloid-beta
• amiloid-beta

Noun

amyloid beta (uncountable)

1. (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