Prion (disambiguation)

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Prion means:

  • certain proteins that act as organic poisons with infectious properties, see prion

in ancient geography:

  • a mountain on the island of Kos, today the Latra on the Kefalos peninsula in the extreme south of Kos
  • a mountain on the Bay of Ephesus, today Bülbüldag south of Selçuk


Prion is the family name of the following people:

  • Willi Prion (1879–1939), German economist and university professor


Others:

  • Prion Island , island off the north coast of South Georgia, South Atlantic