| 单词 | prion |
| 释义 | prion prion1 /pruy"on/, n. any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and having serrated edges on the bill. [1840-50; < NL < Gk príon a saw] prion2 /pree"on, pruy"-/, n. 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. [1980-85; PR(OTEINACEOUS) + I(NFECTIOUS) + -ON1] |
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