| 单词 | prion |
| 释义 | prion1 /prīˈon/nounAny petrel of the genus Pachyptila, blue-grey above and white below, feeding on the plankton of the southern oceans ORIGIN: Gr priōn a saw prion2 /prīˈon or prēˈ, also -ōn/ (pathology)nounA transmittable or inheritable mutant or ‘rogue’ protein, postulated as the cause of certain diseases of the brain and nervous system in animals and humans, including BSE and scrapie ORIGIN: Coined from protein |
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