[n] - a plaque consisting of tangles of amyloid protein in nervous tissue (a pathological mark of Alzheimer`s disease)
amyloid protein plaque noun a plaque consisting of tangles of amyloid protein in nervous tissue (a pathological mark of Alzheimer`s disease)
Abnormal clusters of dead and dying nerve cells, other brain cells, and amyloid protein fragments, characteristic of the brains of people with Alzheimers disease.