noun
prion
Prion (noun) means 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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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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Etymology
From (a reordering of) the initial letters of proteinaceous infectious particle. Coined by American neurologist and biochemist Stanley B. Prusiner in 1982.
Rhymes for prion
region
ablation
allusion
emulsion
ideation
novation
abortion
abrasion
diffusion
elocution
extension
oxidation
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"prion" (noun) means a self-propagating misfolded conformer of a protein that is responsible for a number of diseases that affect the brain and other neural tissue.