prion
nounEtymology
From (a reordering of) the initial letters of proteinaceous infectious particle. Coined by American neurologist and biochemist Stanley B. Prusiner in 1982.
Definitions
A self-propagating misfolded conformer of a protein that is responsible for a number of…
A self-propagating misfolded conformer of a protein that is responsible for a number of diseases that affect the brain and other neural tissue.
- Prions retain deep mysteries, the foremost of which is what on earth they exist for.
A petrel of the genera Pachyptila and Halobaena.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at prion. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at prion. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at prion
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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