As nouns the difference between taxonomy and prion
is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while prion is prion (etiologic agent of tse).
taxonomy
Noun
(taxonomies)
The science or the technique used to make a classification.
A classification; especially , a classification in a hierarchical system.
(taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.
Synonyms
* alpha taxonomy
Derived terms
* folk taxonomy
* scientific taxonomy
See also
* classification
* rank
* taxon
* domain
* kingdom
* subkingdom
* superphylum
* phylum
* subphylum
* class
* subclass
* infraclass
* superorder
* order
* suborder
* infraorder
* parvorder
* superfamily
* family
* subfamily
* genus
* species
* subspecies
* superregnum
* regnum
* subregnum
* superphylum
* phylum
* subphylum
* classis
* subclassis
* infraclassis
* superordo
* ordo
* subordo
* infraordo
* taxon
* superfamilia
* familia
* subfamilia
* ontology
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
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