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prion
English
Etymology 1
From (a reordering of) the initial letters of proteinaceous infectious particle. Coined in 1982 by Stanley B. Prusiner.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?p?i??n/, /?p?a??n/
Noun
prion (plural prions)
- (molecular biology) A self-propagating misfolded conformer of a protein that is responsible for a number of diseases that affect the brain and other neural tissue.
- 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial 2004, p. 277:
- Prions retain deep mysteries, the foremost of which is what on earth they exist for.
- 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial 2004, p. 277:
Derived terms
- prion disease
Translations
Etymology 2
From Prion (former genus name), from Ancient Greek ????? (prí?n, “saw”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?p????n/
Noun
prion (plural prions)
- A petrel of the genus Pachyptila.
Synonyms
- (petrel of the genus Pachyptila): pachyptile (rare)
Translations
See also
- bovine spongiform encephalopathy
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
- kuru
- mad cow disease
- New Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
- scrapie
- viroid
Anagrams
- Ripon, orpin, ponir, porin, proin, rip on, ripon
French
Noun
prion m (plural prions)
- prion
Spanish
Alternative forms
- prión
Noun
prion m (plural priones)
- prion
prion From the web:
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- what prion causes mad cow disease
- what prion disease
- what prion causes fatal familial insomnia
- what prions do
- what prion causes cjd
- how do you get creutzfeldt jakob disease cjd
- what is the cause of creutzfeldt jakob disease
prian
English
Noun
prian (uncountable)
- Alternative form of pryan
Anagrams
- -parin, Arpin, panir, piRNA, pirna
prian From the web:
- what piranhas eat
- what piranhas look like
- what piranha fish eat
- what piranhas eat humans
- what does priyanka mean
- what is priano food
- what does priano mean
- what do piranhas eat
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