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Prion, an abnormal form of a normally harmless protein found in the brain that is responsible for a variety of fatal neurodegenerative diseases of animals, including humans, called transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. Read More on This Topic. nervous system disease: Prions.
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/ˈprʌɪən/
noun
plural noun: prions
a small petrel of southern seas, having a wide bill fringed with comblike plates for feeding on planktonic crustaceans.
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"'Prion' is a term first used to describe the mysterious infectious agent responsible for several neurodegenerative diseases found in mammals, including Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in humans. ... (All previously known pathogens, such as bacteria and viruses, contain nucleic acids, which enable them to reproduce.)
prion1
/ˈprʌɪən/
noun
plural noun: prions
a small petrel of southern seas, having a wide bill fringed with comblike plates for feeding on planktonic crustaceans.
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"'Prion' is a term first used to describe the mysterious infectious agent responsible for several neurodegenerative diseases found in mammals, including Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in humans. ... (All previously known pathogens, such as bacteria and viruses, contain nucleic acids, which enable them to reproduce.)
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