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prion diseases

prion diseases is the plural of prion disease.

Meaning of prion disease

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

Questions about prion diseases

What is prion diseases the plural of?
Prion diseases is the plural of prion disease.

Words near prion diseases in the dictionary

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

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