amiloide
Portuguese, noun/a.miˈlɔj.d͡ʒi/
amiloide is spelled A-M-I-L-O-I-D-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese, the 117,162nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amiloide is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “amyloid (misfolded proteins that disrupt normal organ function)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “substância hialina de natureza proteica”.
What does amiloide mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineamyloid (containing or resembling starch)
noun
- 1
masculineamyloid (misfolded proteins that disrupt normal organ function)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. com aparência amilácea
noun: 1. substância hialina de natureza proteica
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of amiloide
- amiloides plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce amiloide?
- Brazil /a.miˈlɔj.d͡ʒi/
- Brazil [a.miˈlɔɪ̯.d͡ʒi]
- Portugal /ɐ.miˈlɔj.dɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to amiloide
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is amiloide in Portuguese?
amiloide appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).