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/ˈpɹiːɒn/ · noun
(molecular biology) 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.
Five public research institutions in France have imposed a 3-month moratorium on the study of prions—a class of misfolding, infectious proteins that cause fatal brain diseases—after a retired lab worker who handled prions in the past was diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), the most common prion disease in humans.
Use prion when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Prion means (molecular biology) A self-propagating misfolded conformer of a protein that is responsible for a number of diseases that affect the brain and other neural tissue..
Common synonyms include pachyptile.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Prions retain deep mysteries, the foremost of which is what on earth they exist for.
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