Word Type

Noun

The word "prion" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

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 prionopathy prionose prionosis prionsialia slender-billed prion

Etymologically Related To

infectious proteinaceous

Context

microbiology molecular biology

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

particle subatomic particle

Type Of (IsA)

bird disease microscopic object organic matter particle

Related Terms

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

Related Terms

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

Synonym Network

pachyptile

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.