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    prion
    (pri´on) (pre´on) any of several pathogenic, transmissible forms of the core of prion protein that cause a group of degenerative diseases of the nervous system known as prion diseases. Prions have a structure different from that of normal prion protein, lack detectable nucleic acid, and do not eli...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001
    
    
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    prion
    any of several species of small Antarctic seabirds of the genus Pachyptila, in the family Procellariidae (order Procellariiformes). All are blue-gray ... [1 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/115
    
    
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    prion
    an abnormal form of a normally harmless protein found in the brain that is responsible for a variety of fatal neurodegenerative diseases of both ... [8 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/115
    
    
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    Prion
    [bird] The Prions are small petrels in the genera Pachyptila and Halobaena. They form one of the four groups within the Procellariidae (also referred to as the prions), along with the gadfly petrels, shearwaters and fulmarine petrels. They are found in the Southern Ocean and breed on a numbe...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prion_(bird)
    
    
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    Prion
    A prion n is an infectious agent composed of protein in a misfolded form. This is in contrast to all other known infectious agents (virus/bacteria/fungus/parasite) which must contain nucleic acids (either DNA, RNA, or both). The word prion, coined in 1982 by Stanley B. Prusiner, is a portmanteau de...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prion
    
    
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    prion
    prion (prī'on) , infectious agent thought to cause a group of diseases known as prion diseases. or transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. Well-known prion diseases are Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and kuru in humans, scrapie in sheep, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), also cal...
    Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0840170.html
    
    
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    prion
    Type: Term Pronunciation: prī′on Definitions: 1. An infectious proteinaceous particle of nonnucleic acid composition; the causative agent, either on a sporadic, genetic, or infectious basis, of neurodegenerative diseases in animals, and humans. The latter include the spongiform encephalop...
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=72117
    
    
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    prion
    Infectious agent, a hundred times smaller than a virus. Composed of protein, and without any detectable nucleic acid (genetic material), it is strongly linked to a number of fatal degenerative brain diseases in mammals, such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in cattle, scrapie in sheep, and ...
    Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0007881.html
    
    
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    Prion
    A disease-causing agent that is neither bacterial nor fungal nor viral and contains no genetic material. A prion is a protein that occurs normally in a harmless form. By folding into an aberrant shape, the normal prion turns into a rogue agent. It then coopts other normal prions to become rogue prio...
    Found op http://www.medicinenet.com/food_poisoning/glossary.htm
    
    
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    prion
    1) Particle
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/prion/1
    
    

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