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prionopathy

prionopathy noun: any prion-related disease.

Noun

prionopathy (plural prionopathies)

  1. Any prion-related disease.
    • The prionopathies are best known among the neurodegenerative diseases for their ability to misfold, self-propagate, and infect other organisms. […] In this review, we detail the role of a key protein aberration known to the various prion diseases, including sporadic, variant, and iatrogenic...2021 March 1, Anderson, K.N.; Overcast, W.B.; Brosch, J.R.; Graner, B.D.; Veronesi, M.C., “Prionopathies and Prionlike Protein Aberrations in Neurodegenerative Diseases”, in American Society of...

Forms of prionopathy

pluralprionopathies

Origin of prionopathy

From prion + -o- + -pathy.

Questions about prionopathy

What does prionopathy mean?
Prionopathy means any prion-related disease.
What part of speech is prionopathy?
Prionopathy is a noun.
What is the plural of prionopathy?
The plural of prionopathy is prionopathies.

Words near prionopathy in the dictionary

  1. prionogenic
  2. prionogenicity
  3. prionoid
  4. prionoids
  5. prionopathies
  6. prionopathy
  7. prionopid
  8. prionopids
  9. prionopterous
  10. prionose
  11. prionoses

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