ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Prionic

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Prionic is an adjective meaning Of, pertaining to or caused by a prion.

Meaning

Of, pertaining to or caused by a prion.

Example Sentences

The first prionic disease to be described was scrapie (mid-eighteenth century) seen with sheep and goats. The most recognized animal form of prionic disease is BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy), referred to as “mad cow disease”, […]

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pionic, proniosomal, pruriginous, preonic, protonic, psionic.

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