prion
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Noun — An abnormally shaped protein that makes other proteins misfold in the same way, causing diseases of the brain and nervous system.
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Etymology
From (a reordering of) the initial letters of proteinaceous infectious particle. Coined by American neurologist and biochemist Stanley B. Prusiner in 1982.
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