prion

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prion

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From (a reordering of) the initial letters of (deprecated template usage) proteinaceous (deprecated template usage) infectious (deprecated template usage) particle. Coined in 1982 by Stanley B. Prusiner.

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prion (plural prions)

1. (deprecated template usage) (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.
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     Prions retain deep mysteries, the foremost of which is what on earth they exist for.

From (deprecated template usage) Prion (former genus name), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek (deprecated template usage) πρίων (príōn).

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prion (plural prions)

1. A petrel of the genus Pachyptila.

• bovine spongiform encephalopathy
• cannibalism
• Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
• kuru
• mad cow disease
• New Variant Cruetzfeldt-Jakob Disease
• scrapie
• viroid
• virus

• porin, rip on

prion m (plural prions)

1. prion

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prion

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prion m (plural es)

1. prion