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prion disease

prion disease noun: transmissible spongiform encephalopathy.

Noun

prion disease (countable and uncountable, plural prion diseases)

  1. Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy.
    • Five public research institutions in France have imposed a 3-month moratorium on the study of prions[…]after a retired lab worker who handled prions in the past was diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), the most common prion disease in humans.2021 July 28, Barbara Casassus, “France issues moratorium on prion research after fatal brain disease strikes two lab workers”, in Science

Forms of prion disease

pluralprion diseases

Questions about prion disease

What does prion disease mean?
Prion disease means transmissible spongiform encephalopathy.
What part of speech is prion disease?
Prion disease is a noun.
What is the plural of prion disease?
The plural of prion disease is prion diseases.

Words near prion disease in the dictionary

  1. Prioleau
  2. Prioleaus
  3. Priolo
  4. Priolos
  5. prion
  6. prion disease
  7. prion diseases
  8. prion protein
  9. prion proteins
  10. prionaemia
  11. prionemia

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