prion

About 0.33 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A self-propagating misfolded conformer of a protein that is responsible for a number of diseases that affect the brain and other neural tissue.
2. noun A petrel of the genera Pachyptila and Halobaena.

Similar words

genotype variant pray request prionoid prionization prionisation prion protein antiprion miniprion

Often followed by

protein diseases disease proteins replication is strains gene propagation

Word family

prions