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Showing words for PRION using the English dictionary

5 Letter Words for Prion

orpin, prion, proin

4 Letter Words for Prion

inro, iron, noir, nori, pino, pion, pirn, porn, prin, prio, pron, roin

3 Letter Words for Prion

ion, ipo, ipr, nip, nor, oni, pin, pir, poi, pon, por, prn, pro, rin, rio, rip, roi, ron

Definitions for Prion

[1] any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and having serrated edges on the bill.
[2] a tiny proteinaceous particle, likened to viruses and viroids, but having no genetic component, thought to be an infectious agent in bovine spongiform encephalopathy, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, and similar encephalopathies.
[3] any of various dovelike petrels of the genus Pachyptila of the southern oceans that have a serrated bill
[4] a protein in the brain, an abnormal form of which is thought to be the transmissable agent responsible for certain spongiform encephalopathies, such as BSE, scrapie, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, and kuru

Words nearby Prion

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Origin of Prion

21980–85; pr(oteinaceous) + i(nfectious) + -on1

Word origin for Prion

C20: altered from pro (teinaceous ) in (fectious particle )