Definitions for prion

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prion pri·on

Spelling: [prahy-on]

IPA: /ˈpraɪ ɒn/

Prion is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 58 anagrams from letters in prion (inopr).

Definitions for prion

noun

1. any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and having serrated edges on the bill.
2. a tiny proteinaceous particle, likened to viruses and viroids, but having no genetic component, thought to be an infectious agent in bovine spongiform encephalopathy, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, and similar encephalopathies.

Origin of prion

1840-50; New Latin Greek príōn a saw

Examples for prion

Onset is typically during middle age, which is characteristic of the long incubation periods most prion diseases show.

Caused by a deformed protein known as a prion, the disease attacks and destroys the brain and spinal cord in cattle.

Even now the farms at the back of the prion retain the name in the term Opistholepria.

prion lui donc merci seurement se diable nus uout enconbrer .