PRIONS

Meaning of PRIONS in English

Microscopic particles made of protein that can cause disease.

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PRIONS — A new type of disease-causing agent, neither bacterial nor fungal nor viral, containing no genetic material, a prion is a …
English Dictionary of Medicine
SLOW VIRUS — noun Date: 1954 any of various prions or viruses with a long incubation period between infection and development of a …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PRION — Disease-causing agent, discovered by An abnormal form of a normally harmless protein found in mammals and birds, the disease-causing prion …
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GAJDUSEK, D(ANIEL) CARLETON — born Sept. 9, 1923, Yonkers, N.Y., U.S. U.S. physician and researcher. He received his M.D. from Harvard University. He provided …
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SLOW VIRUS — noun : any of various viruses or prions having a long incubation period between infection and the clinical appearance of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SLOW VIRUS — Date: 1954 : any of various prions or viruses with a long incubation period between infection and development of a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PROCELLARIIFORM — also called tubinares (order Procellariiformes), any of the seabirds that include the albatrosses (family Diomedeidae); shearwaters, fulmars, prions, and large …
Britannica English vocabulary
PRION — also called Whalebird, any of several species of small Antarctic seabirds of the genus Pachyptila, in the family Procellariidae (order …
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KURU — fatal degenerative disorder of the central nervous system. Kuru has been found only among the Fore people and related ethnolinguistic …
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BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY — (BSE) also called mad cow disease a fatal neurodegenerative disease of cattle. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy is caused by an infectious …
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PRUSINER, STANLEY B. — born May 28, 1942, Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. in full Stanley Ben Prusiner American neurologist whose discovery of the disease-causing …
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GAJDUSEK, D. CARLETON — born Sept. 9, 1923, Yonkers, N.Y., U.S. in full Daniel Carleton Gajdusek American physician and medical researcher, corecipient (with Baruch …
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CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE — rare fatal degenerative disease of the central nervous system. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease occurs throughout the world at an incidence of one …
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CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE — / ˌkrɔɪtsfelt ˈjækɒb dɪziːz; NAmE ˈjækɔːb/ noun [ U ] ( abbr. CJD ) a brain disease that causes gradual …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TISSUE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a blood/urine/tissue etc sample ▪ He compared the samples with a blood sample from Mr …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
THREE-DIMENSIONAL — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN graphics ▪ Meetings within models can have three-dimensional graphics , animation, and high-quality audio. …
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RULE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a court rules/orders/holds sth ▪ The court ruled that the penalty was not excessive. …
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RANGE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bewildering variety/array/range ▪ a bewildering variety of choices a broad range ▪ Sport …
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PROTEIN — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES fat/protein/alcohol etc content ▪ the fat content of cheese ▪ water with a low salt …
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PRION — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN disease ▪ There are three human prion diseases and four main prion diseases of …
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MOUSE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES as quiet as a mouse (= very quiet ) ▪ I’ll be as quiet as …
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DEAL — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bum deal (= unfair treatment ) ▪ Jim got a bum deal . …
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BRAIN — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a blood/brain/liver etc disorder ▪ She suffers from a rare brain disorder. a blood/nerve/brain/muscle …
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PRION — n. Disease-causing agent, discovered by Stanley Prusiner , responsible for various fatal neurodegenerative diseases called transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. An abnormal …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
GAJDUSEK, DANIEL CARLETON — born Sept. 9, 1923, Yonkers, N.Y., U.S. U.S. physician and researcher. He received his M.D. from Harvard University. He provided …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
GAJDUSEK, D CARLETON — born Sept. 9, 1923, Yonkers, N.Y., U.S. U.S. physician and researcher. He received his M.D. from Harvard University. He provided …
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