- prion diseases
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Англо-русский современный словарь. 2014.
Англо-русский современный словарь. 2014.
Prion — DiseaseDisorder infobox Name = Prion Diseases (TSEs) ICD10 = A81 ICD9 = ICD9|046 A prion (IPAEng|ˈpriːɒn [OED|Prion] Audio|Pronunciation prion.ogg|listen) is thought to be an infectious agent that, according to current scientific consensus, is… … Wikipedia
prion — prion1 /pruy on/, n. any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and having serrated edges on the bill. [1840 50; < NL < Gk príon a saw] prion2 /pree on, pruy /, n. a tiny proteinaceous… … Universalium
prion — Small, infectious proteinaceous particle, of nonnucleic acid composition because of its resistance to nucleases; the causative agent, either on a sporadic, genetic, or infectious basis, of six neurodegenerative diseases in animals, and four in… … Medical dictionary
prion disease — any of a group of fatal, transmissible neurodegenerative diseases caused by abnormalities of prion protein metabolism, which may result from mutations in the prion protein gene or from infection with pathogenic isoforms of the protein (see prion) … Medical dictionary
Prion — Prionen (vom engl. Proteinaceous Infectious particle, sowie der Analogie zu Virion) sind Proteine, die im tierischen Organismus sowohl in normalen (physiologischen), aber auch anormalen, und dann krankmachenden (pathogenen) Strukturen… … Deutsch Wikipedia
prion — n. an abnormal form of a constituent protein (PrP) of brain cells. Prions are produced by mutations in the gene that codes for PrP and are very stable: they are not removed by the normal cellular processes of degradation and are resistant to… … The new mediacal dictionary
Prion — Pri on (pr[=e] [o^]n), n. any of several types of protein particle lacking nucleic acid, believed to be the cause of certain slow developing infectious diseases such as scapie in sheep, and Creutzfeldt Jakob disease and Kuru in humans. [informal] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
prion — [prī′än΄, prē′än΄] n. [pr(oteinaceous) + i(nfectious) + ON] any of a group of tiny infectious agents composed mainly or entirely of protein: though lacking in demonstrable nucleic acid, prions are capable of self replication and are thought to be … English World dictionary
prion — UK [ˈpraɪɒn] / US [ˈprɪɑn] noun [countable] Word forms prion : singular prion plural prions biology a type of protein that is believed to be responsible for the serious brain diseases bse and cjd … English dictionary
prion — I. noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek priōn saw, from priein to saw; from its sawlike bill Date: 1848 any of several small petrels (genus Pachyptila of the family Procellariidae) of the southern hemisphere that are bluish gray above and white… … New Collegiate Dictionary
prion — prion1 [ prʌɪən] noun a small petrel of southern seas, having a wide bill fringed with comb like plates for feeding on planktonic crustaceans. [Genus Pachyptila: six species.] Origin C19: mod. L. (former genus name), from Gk priōn a saw… … English new terms dictionary