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• PRION (noun) The noun PRION has 1 sense: 1. (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 Familiarity information: PRION used as a noun is very rare.
