Definitions for "Prions"
Protein particles which cause specific kinds of brain disease (such as Mad Cow Disease).
an infective group of complex organic compounds (proteins) suggested as the causative agents of several infectious diseases.
Infectious protein particles similar to a virus but without genetic material; thought to be the agent responsible for scrapie (a chronic neurological disease of sheep and goats, similar to other spongiform encephalopathies) and Creutzfeld Jakob disease as well as other degenerative diseases of the human nervous system.
( genus: Pachyptila) Sea bird identifiable by its serrated bill. Native to the southern hemisphere.