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朊粒
  jyun2 lap1   jyutping
  ruan3 li4   pinyin
prions (infectious proteins which spread mad cow) | Also 朊毒體, 朊病毒

noun

Level: 4
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
朊粒

This word has been viewed 1218 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 26th Feb 2008 00:59 and last edited on 1st Sep 2014 05:56
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Characters in this word:

 jyun2  -  protein
 nap1 lap1  -  classifier for grainlike things
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