See Also: aged 2, adjective(dictionary)
aged 1, adjective(dictionary)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
aged(dictionary)
Help the Aged(dictionary)
aged(medicine)
aged, 80 and over(medicine)
Aged fail(money)
AGED WITNESS(law)
WITNESS, AGED(law)

Prions (medicine) and aged 2, adjective (oh)


Prions (medicine)


prions


See: PrP, Gerstmann Straussler Scheinker syndrome. Suggested as the causative agents of several infectious diseases such as scrapie (in sheep), kuru and Creutzfeld Jakob disease in man. Prions (proteinaceous infective particles) apparently contain no nucleic acid. The 27 kD protein of scrapie is related to a normal cell protein and may possibly cause its over production.


aged 2, adjective (oh)



very old
::my aged parents
the aged [plural] old people
::the care of children and the aged