Chem. [f. as next + -IN.] A nitrogenous substance found deposited under morbid conditions in certain minute arteries and tissues of the body.
1873. Ralfe, Phys. Chem., 10. The so called amyloid substance or lardacein.
1890. Athenæum, 15 March, 344/1. The substance … may perhaps be allied to lardacein.
