different between pron vs prion

English

Alternative forms

• pr0n (misspelling of porn)

Noun

pron (countable and uncountable, plural prons)

1. Abbreviation of pronoun.
2. Abbreviation of pronunciation.
3. (Internet, leetspeak) Misspelling of porn. (Often deliberate, to bypass internet filters.)

Anagrams

• porn, porn-

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pron]

Noun

pron (plural prons)

1. Alternative form of pran

Verb

pron (third-person singular present prons, present participle pronnin, past pronnit, past participle pronnit)

1. Alternative form of pran

Volapük

Noun

pron (nominative plural prons)

1. pronunciation

Declension

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