prion disease
prion disease
nounDefinition of PRION DISEASE
: any of a group of spongiform encephalopathies that are caused by prions and that include bovine spongiform encephalopathy, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, kuru, scrapie, and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease —called also transmissible spongiform encephalopathy
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1986
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