prion

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɹiːɒn/|/ˈpɹaɪən/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A self-propagating misfolded conformer of a protein that is responsible for a number of diseases that affect the brain and other neural tissue.
    — Prions retain deep mysteries, the foremost of which is what on earth they exist for.
  2. A petrel of the genera Pachyptila and Halobaena.

词形变化

prions plural prions plural

词源

词源 1
From (a reordering of) the initial letters of proteinaceous infectious particle. Coined by American neurologist and biochemist Stanley B. Prusiner in 1982.
词源 2
From Prion (former genus name), from Ancient Greek πρίων (príōn, “saw”).
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