"prionlike" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From prion + -like.",
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      "form": "more prionlike",
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          "ref": "2015 December 21, Michael D. Geschwind, “Prion Diseases”, in Continuum (Minneap Minn), →DOI:",
          "text": "A very rare polymorphism in the prion protein gene recently has been identified that appears to protect against prion disease; this finding, in addition to providing greater understanding of the prionlike mechanisms of neurodegenerative disorders, might lead to potential treatments.",
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          "ref": "2016 March 10, Rosanne Spector, “Prions can pass on beneficial traits, study finds”, in Stanford Medicine:",
          "text": "The team also found that the traits followed prionlike inheritance patterns.",
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          "ref": "2021 March 1, Anderson, K.N., Overcast, W.B., Brosch, J.R., Graner, B.D., Veronesi, M.C., “Prionopathies and Prionlike Protein Aberrations in Neurodegenerative Diseases”, in American Society of Neuroradiology, volume 11, number 2, →DOI, pages 127-148:",
          "text": "There is increasing evidence of a rationale for a prionlike mechanism of spread of other neurodegenerative diseases through a similar seeding mechanism.",
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        "Similar to a prion."
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  "etymology_text": "From prion + -like.",
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          "text": "The team also found that the traits followed prionlike inheritance patterns.",
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