Prion

//ˈpɹiːɒn//

Synonyms for "prion" (2 found)

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Closest matches (1)

pachyptile

Related words (1)

Noun(1 words)

pachyptile

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8 relation types

More general

2 entries

particle subatomic particle

Synonyms

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pachyptile

Related terms

8 entries

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease New Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease bovine spongiform encephalopathy chronic wasting disease kuru mad cow disease scrapie viroid

derived

21 entries

Antarctic prion Salvin's prion antiprion broad-biled prion fairy prion fulmar prion miniprion prion disease prion protein prionaemia prionemia prionic prionlike prionochezia prionogenesis prionogenic

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etymologically related_to

2 entries

infectious proteinaceous

has context

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microbiology molecular biology

is a

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bird disease microscopic object organic matter particle

related to

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bovine spongiform encephalopathy brain conformer creutzfeldt jakob disease disease kuru mad cow disease misfolded neural new variant cruetzfeldt jakob disease pachyptila petrel protein scrapie viroid

Translations

42 translations across 29 languages.

Armenian

1 entries

պրիոն noun (misfolded protein)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

prion noun (misfolded protein)

Belarusian

1 entries

прыён noun (misfolded protein)

Bengali

1 entries

প্রিয়ন noun (misfolded protein)

Bulgarian

1 entries

вълнолюбка noun (type of petrel)

Catalan

2 entries

petrell prió noun (type of petrel)
prió noun (misfolded protein)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

感染性蛋白質 /感染性蛋白质 noun (misfolded protein)
感染性蛋白质 noun (misfolded protein)
普利昂 noun (misfolded protein)
普恩蛋白 noun (misfolded protein)

Esperanto

1 entries

priono noun (misfolded protein)

Finnish

2 entries

prioni noun (misfolded protein)
prioni noun (type of petrel)

French

1 entries

prion noun (misfolded protein)

German

1 entries

Prion noun (misfolded protein)

Greek

1 entries

πρίον noun (misfolded protein)

Hebrew

1 entries

פריאון noun (misfolded protein)

Indonesian

1 entries

prion noun (misfolded protein)

Irish

1 entries

prión noun (misfolded protein)

Italian

1 entries

prione noun (misfolded protein)

Japanese

1 entries

プリオン noun (misfolded protein)

Korean

1 entries

프리온 noun (misfolded protein)

Malay

1 entries

prion noun (misfolded protein)

Malayalam

1 entries

പ്രിയോൺ noun (misfolded protein)

Odia

1 entries

ପ୍ରିଅନ୍ noun (misfolded protein)

Persian

1 entries

پریون noun (misfolded protein)

Polish

1 entries

prion noun (misfolded protein)

Portuguese

2 entries

prião noun (misfolded protein)
príon noun (misfolded protein)

Romanian

1 entries

prion noun (misfolded protein)

Russian

2 entries

китовая пти́чка noun (type of petrel)
прио́н noun (misfolded protein)

Spanish

2 entries

pato-petrel noun (type of petrel)
prion noun (misfolded protein)

Tamil

1 entries

புரதப்பீழை noun (misfolded protein)

Ukrainian

1 entries

пріо́н noun (misfolded protein)

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

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Prions retain deep mysteries, the foremost of which is what on earth they exist for.

Source: wiktionary

Five public research institutions in France have imposed a 3-month moratorium on the study of prions—a class of misfolding, infectious proteins that cause fatal brain diseases—after a retired lab worker who handled prions in the past was diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), the most common prion disease in humans.

Source: wiktionary

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