Word "PRION" Definitions:


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Noun
Definition:
(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

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Rogue protein bears at last removed from porridge The Times Cryptic 30 Jul 2025
Dangerous protein unit; or pin (anag.) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 12 Jun 2025
Virus cousin
Protein responsible for mad cow disease
Abnormal form of protein believed to cause BSE and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease The Times Specialist Sunday 04 Aug 2024
Risk to health in jail – closed-in society unwanted
Infectious agent believed to cause BSE The Times Specialist Sunday 23 Feb 2020
There's no rip, oddly, in the infectious protein particle Irish Times Simplex 06 Feb 2018
Saw-billed petrel of southern seas
Petrel bird with saw-toothed bills
Southern seabird
Dovelike petrel
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