different between prion vs prison

English

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p?i??n/, /?p?a??n/

Noun

prion (plural prions)

1. (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.

Derived terms

• prion disease

Translations

Etymology 2

From Prion (former genus name), from Ancient Greek ????? (prí?n, “saw”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p????n/

Noun

prion (plural prions)

1. A petrel of the genus Pachyptila.

Synonyms

• (petrel of the genus Pachyptila): pachyptile (rare)

Translations

See also

• bovine spongiform encephalopathy
• Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
• kuru
• mad cow disease
• New Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
• scrapie
• viroid

Anagrams

• Ripon, orpin, ponir, porin, proin, rip on, ripon

French

Noun

prion m (plural prions)

1. prion

Spanish

Alternative forms

• prión

Noun

prion m (plural priones)

1. prion

English

Etymology

From Middle English prisoun, prison, a borrowing from Old French prison, from Latin prehensi?nem, accusative singular of prehensi?, from the verb prehend?. Doublet of prehension.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p??z?n/, [p?????zn?]
• Rhymes: -?z?n

Noun

prison (countable and uncountable, plural prisons)

1. A place or institution of confinement, especially of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered undesirable by the government.

   Synonyms: bridewell, big house; see also Thesaurus:prison

   Coordinate terms: gaol, jail, slammer, hoosegow

   Hypernyms: correctional facility, correctional institution

   Hyponyms: panopticon, dungeon

2. (uncountable) Confinement in prison.

   Synonym: imprisonment

3. (colloquial, figuratively) Any restrictive environment, such as a harsh academy or home.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

prison (third-person singular simple present prisons, present participle prisoning, simple past and past participle prisoned)

1. (transitive) To imprison.

Translations

Further reading

• prison at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• porins, prions, proins, ripons, spinor

French

Etymology

From Old French prison, inherited from Latin prehensi?, prehensi?nem, from prehend?. Doublet of préhension.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?i.z??/

Noun

prison f (plural prisons)

1. prison

Derived terms

• aimable comme une porte de prison
• emprisonner
• prison dorée
• prisonnier

Further reading

• “prison” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• prions, ripons

Norman

Etymology

From Old French prison, from Latin prehensi?, prehensi?nem (“seizing, apprehending, arresting, capturing”).

Noun

prison f (plural prisons)

1. (Jersey) prison

Related terms

• emprisonner, mettre en prison (“to imprison”)

Old French

Alternative forms

• prisoun (less common)
• prisun (less common)

Etymology

From Latin prehensi?, prehensi?nem, from prehend?.

Noun

prison f (oblique plural prisons, nominative singular prison, nominative plural prisons)

1. prison

Noun

prison m (oblique plural prisons, nominative singular prisons, nominative plural prison)

1. prisoner

Derived terms

• prisonnier

Descendants

• ? Middle English: prisoun
  • English: prison
  • Scots: preeson
• French: prison
• Norman: prison (Jersey)