-PRION

Meaning of -PRION in English

ˈprīˌän, _prēˌän noun combining form

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek priōn saw

: creature with a (specified) kind of sawlike part — in generic names

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Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

PRION — I. noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek priōn saw, from priein to saw; from its sawlike bill Date: 1848 any …
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 …
Английский словарь Британика
PRION — I. ˈprīˌän noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek priōn saw : any of several petrels of the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRION- — combining form or priono- Etymology: New Latin, from Greek prion-, from priōn saw, from priein to saw — more at …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRION — prion 1 /pruy"on/ , n. any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PRION — n. theoretical infectious agent that is composed only of a protein (and has no genetic material)
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PRION — I. ˈprī-ˌän noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek priōn saw, from priein to saw; from its sawlike bill Date: 1848 …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PRION — ~ 1 [ 'prʌɪən ] ■ noun a small petrel of southern seas, having a wide bill fringed with comb-like …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PRION — [pri.on] n [protinaceous + infectious + [2]-on] (1982): a protein particle that lacks nucleic acid and is sometimes held to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PRION — also called Whalebird, any of several species of small Antarctic seabirds of the genus Pachyptila, in the family Procellariidae (order …
Britannica English vocabulary
PRION — I prion bird BrE AmE ˈpraɪ ɒn AmE -ɑːn ▷ prion|s z II prion infectious particle BrE AmE ˈpriː ɒn …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PRION — / ˈpriːɒn; NAmE -ɑːn/ noun ( biology ) a very small unit of protein that is believed to be the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRION — pri ‧ on /ˈpraɪɒn, ˈpriː- $ -ɑːn/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1900-2000 ; Origin: proteinaceous 'containing protein' (19-21 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PRION — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN disease ▪ There are three human prion diseases and four main prion diseases of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PRION — n. Disease-causing agent, discovered by Stanley Prusiner , responsible for various fatal neurodegenerative diseases called transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. An abnormal …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PRION — Прионы
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PRION — сущ. ; от protein only infections agent прион ( вирусоподобный агент, вызывающий заболевания нервной системы ) - prion diseases
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
PRION — сущ.; от protein only infections agent прион (вирусоподобный агент, вызывающий заболевания нервной системы) - prion diseases
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
PRION — Прионы
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
PRION — n. Pronunciation: ' pr ē - ˌ än Function: noun Etymology: pr oteinaceous + i nfectious + 2 -on Date: …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PRION — n. Pronunciation: ' pr ī - ˌ än Function: noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek pri ō n saw, from …
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PRUSINER, STANLEY (BEN) — born May 28, 1942, Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. U.S. neurologist. He earned his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and …
Английский словарь Британика
MONOPRION — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|prīən adjective or mono·pri·o·nid -ənə̇d ; or mono·pri·o·nid·i·an -|nidēən Etymology: monoprion from mon- + Greek priōn saw; monoprionid from mon- …
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SCRAPIE — also called Rida, or Tremblante Du Mouton, fatal neurodegenerative disease of sheep and, less often, goats. Scrapie has existed in …
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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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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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PRUSINER, STANLEY BEN — born May 28, 1942, Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. U.S. neurologist. He earned his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PRUSINER, STANLEY — born May 28, 1942, Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. U.S. neurologist. He earned his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
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

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