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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 category | microbiology | ||
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