prions
Meaning of prions
plural noun
a small petrel of southern seas, having a wide bill fringed with comblike plates for feeding on planktonic crustaceans.
mid 19th century: modern Latin (former genus name), from Greek priōn ‘a saw’ (referring to its sawlike bill).
plural noun
a protein particle that is believed to be the cause of brain diseases such as BSE, scrapie, and CJD. Prions are not visible microscopically, contain no nucleic acid, and are highly resistant to destruction.
1980s: by rearrangement of elements from pro(teinaceous) in(fectious particle).
Information about prions
- It is a name.
- The singular form of prions is: prion.
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CatalanHyphenation of prions
pri-ons
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- prions is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Anagrams of prions
orpins, porins, prinos, prison, proins, spinor
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