PWN-3.0 relation(s)

eq_near_synonym

virino _1(n) a hypothetical infectious particle thought to be the cause of scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the central nervous system;consists of nucleic acid in a protective coat of host cell proteins

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prion _1(n) an infectious protein particle similar to a virus but lacking nucleic acid;thought to be the agent responsible for scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the nervous system

PWN-3.0 relation(s)

eq_near_synonym

virino _1(n) a hypothetical infectious particle thought to be the cause of scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the central nervous system;consists of nucleic acid in a protective coat of host cell proteins

eq_synonym

prion _1(n) an infectious protein particle similar to a virus but lacking nucleic acid;thought to be the agent responsible for scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the nervous system

CILI relation(s)

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prion _1(n) (microbiology) an infectious protein particle similar to a virus but lacking nucleic acid; thought to be the agent responsible for scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the nervous system