different between psion vs prion

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a??n

Etymology 1

Noun

psion (plural psions)

1. The psi-meson, a sub-atomic particle.

Etymology 2

Noun

psion (plural psions)

1. A person with psionic abilities.

Anagrams

• Sinop, Spino, inspo, opsin, pions, spino-

Esperanto

Noun

psion

1. accusative singular of psio

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)

1. (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.

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)

1. 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)

1. prion

Spanish

Alternative forms

• prión

Noun

prion m (plural priones)

1. prion