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Prion   Listen
noun
Prion  n.  Any of several types of protein particle lacking nucleic acid, believed to be the cause of certain slow-developing infectious diseases such as scapie in sheep, and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and Kuru in humans. (informal)






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Prion" Quotes from Famous Books



... "Besides the prion, there is the 'mutton-bird' of the whalers (AEstrelata lessoni), a large Procellanid, as big as a pigeon, white and brown ...
— A Dictionary of Austral English • Edward Morris



Words linked to "Prion" :   microbiology, particle, subatomic particle



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