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Prion vs Proin - What's the difference?

prion | proin |

As a noun prion

is a self-propagating misfolded conformer of a protein that is responsible for a number of diseases that affect the brain and other neural tissue.

As a verb proin is

obsolete form of prune.

prion

English

Etymology 1

From (a reordering of) the initial letters of proteinaceous infectious . Coined in 1982 by Stanley B. Prusiner.

Noun

(en noun)
  • (molecular biology) A self-propagating misfolded conformer of a protein that is responsible for a number of diseases that affect the brain and other neural tissue.
  • *1999 , (Matt Ridley), Genome , Harper Perennial 2004, p. 277:
  • *:Prions retain deep mysteries, the foremost of which is what on earth they exist for.

    • Etymology 2

    From Prion (former genus name), from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A petrel of the genus Pachyptila .

    • See also

    * bovine spongiform encephalopathy * cannibalism * Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease * kuru * mad cow disease * New Variant Cruetzfeldt-Jakob Disease * scrapie * viroid * virus

    Anagrams

    * , Ripon ----

    proin

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • * Chapman
    • The sprigs that did about it grow / He proined from the leafy arms.
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