Amylacea

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Amylacea is a Latinate biological word meaning starchy. It derives from the Greek amylon (ἄμυλον), which means starch.[1].

It is used in the following terms and names:

  • corpora amylacea, dense accumulations of calcified proteinaceous material in the ducts of prostates in older men,
  • Lecanactis amylacea,
  • Lecanographa amylacea,
  • Verrucaria amylacea,

[edit] References

  1. ^ Arnold, M. A.. Arnold's Glossary of Anatomy. The University of Sydney. Retrieved on 2007-09-01.