prion
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From (a reordering of) the initial letters of proteinaceous infectious particle. Coined by Neurologist, biochemist Stanley B. Prusiner in 1982.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɹiːɒn/, /ˈpɹaɪən/; for more information, see prion § Etymology and pronunciation (Wikipedia).
Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -iːɒn, -aɪən
Noun[edit]
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, published 2004, page 277:
- Prions retain deep mysteries, the foremost of which is what on earth they exist for.
- 2021 July 28, Barbara Casassus, “France issues moratorium on prion research after fatal brain disease strikes two lab workers”, in Science[1]:
- Five public research institutions in France have imposed a 3-month moratorium on the study of prions—a class of misfolding, infectious proteins that cause fatal brain diseases—after a retired lab worker who handled prions in the past was diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), the most common prion disease in humans.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
misfolded protein
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See also[edit]
- bovine spongiform encephalopathy
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
- kuru
- mad cow disease
- New Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
- scrapie
- chronic wasting disease
- viroid
Etymology 2[edit]
From Prion (former genus name), from Ancient Greek πρίων (príōn, “saw”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
prion (plural prions)
- A petrel of the genus Pachyptila.
Synonyms[edit]
- (petrel of the genus Pachyptila): pachyptile (rare)
Translations[edit]
petrel from the genus Pachyptila
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Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Noun[edit]
prion m (plural prions)
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
prion m (plural prioni)
Declension[edit]
Declension of prion
Spanish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
prion m (plural priones)
Further reading[edit]
- “prion”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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