Where does “Prion” come from?

Prion (English) comes from Translingual Prion, from Ancient Greek πρίων, from Ancient Greek πρίω — to saw; to grind or gnash; to seize as with the...

Prion (English): A self-propagating misfolded conformer of a protein that is responsible for a number of diseases that affect the brain and other neural tissue

Definitions

  1. A self-propagating misfolded conformer of a protein that is responsible for a number of diseases that affect the brain and other neural tissue

Ancestry of “Prion”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualPrion
2Ancient Greekπρίωνsaw; trephine, trepan; ridge of hills
3Ancient Greekπρίωto saw; to grind or gnash; to seize as with the...

Words derived from “Prion

Every word from Ancient Greek πρίωEvery word from Ancient Greek πρίωνEvery word from Translingual Prion