Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Amyloid \Am"y*loid\, Amyloidal \Am`y*loid"al\, a. [L. amylum
   starch + -oid.]
   Resembling or containing amyl; starchlike.

   {Amyloid degeneration} (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 or lardaceous
      degeneration}.