DICTIONARY ENTRY
2 SYLLABLES
prion
/'praɪɑn/ · praɪɑn
Prion has 2 syllables: pri · on.
pri
01
on
02
noun. (microbiology) an infectious protein particle similar to a virus but lacking nucleic acid; thought to be the agent responsible for scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the nervous system.
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