jpn: プリオン

Information
has URI	http://lexvo.org/id/term/jpn/%E3%83%97%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AA%E3%83%B3

Meaning
means	(noun) (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 prion