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Definition of Prion
1. Noun. (microbiology) an infectious protein particle similar to a virus but lacking nucleic acid; thought to be the agent responsible for scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the nervous system.
Definition of Prion
1. Noun. (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. ¹
2. Noun. A petrel of the genus ''Pachyptila''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prion
1. a protein particle [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prion
Literary usage of Prion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Methodist Review (1871)
"Whatever differences in opinion may exist as to the precise site, all, or almost
all, would place it somewhere west or north-west of prion, ..."
2. Observations in the East: Chiefly in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, and Asia Minor by John Price Durbin (1845)
"It was defended on the west by the sea, on the north by the river, on the east
by a wall which ran from the river southward over Mount prion, and crossing ..."
3. Travels in Asia Minor and Greece by Richard Chandler, Nicholas Revett (1825)
"EPHESUS was situated by the mountains, which are the southern boundary of the
plain, and comprehended within its wall a portion of mount prion ..."
4. St. James's Magazine by S. C. Hall (1863)
"... pit, back lettered, Vole. I. to V. of the ST. JAMES'S MAGAZINE. Cases for
binding the Volumes may also be had, prion ll. each. ..."
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