prion

Etymology 1
From (a reordering of) the initial letters of. .

Pronunciation

 * ; for more information, see prion § Etymology and pronunciation (Wikipedia).

Noun

 * 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.

Translations

 * Azerbaijani: prion
 * Bengali: প্রিয়ন
 * Catalan: prió
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 朊毒體, 普利昂, 蛋白質侵染因子, 毒朊, 感染性蛋白質, 感染性蛋白质, 普恩蛋白
 * Esperanto: priono
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: πρίον
 * Hebrew:
 * Indonesian: prion
 * Irish: prión
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: プリオン
 * Korean: 프리온
 * Malay: prion
 * Malayalam: പ്രിയോൺ
 * Odia: ପ୍ରିଅନ୍
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese: prião ,
 * Romanian: prion
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Tamil: புரதப்பீழை
 * Thai:
 * Ukrainian: пріо́н

Etymology 2
From (former genus name), from.

Noun

 * 1) A petrel of the genus.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: вълнолюбка
 * Catalan: petrell prió
 * Finnish:
 * Russian: китовая пти́чка
 * Spanish: pato-petrel

Etymology
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