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noun
A hypothetical infectious particle, consisting of nucleic acids in a protective coat of host cell proteins, once theorized to be the cause of scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the central nervous system.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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noun
(microbiology) a hypothetical infectious particle thought to be the cause of scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the central nervous system; consists of nucleic acid in a protective coat of host cell proteins
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: particle, subatomic particle
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