prionic
adjEtymology From prion + -ic.
1
Of, pertaining to or caused by a prion.
- The first prionic disease to be described was scrapie (mid-eighteenth century) seen with sheep and goats. The most recognized animal form of prionic disease is BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy), referred to as “mad cow disease”, […]2019, Carlos Augusto de Mendonça Lima, Gabriel Ivbijaro, Primary Care Mental Health in Older People: A Global Perspective, page 283: