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English noun: prion

1. prion (object) (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


Broader (hypernym)particle, subatomic particle


Domain categorymicrobiology









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