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Prusiner

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• Pruss.

  Pruss. Prussian

• Prussia

  noun 1. a former state in N Europe: became a military power in the 18th century and in 1871 led the formation of the German empire; formally abolished as an administrative unit in 1947. noun 1. a former German state in N and central Germany, extending from France and the Low Countries to the Baltic […]

• Prussian

  adjective 1. of or relating to Prussia or its inhabitants. 2. characterized by, exemplifying, or resembling Prussianism. noun 3. a native or inhabitant of Prussia. 4. (originally) one of a Lettic people formerly inhabiting territory along and near the coast at the southeastern corner of the Baltic Sea. 5. a Baltic language formerly spoken in […]

• Prussian-blue

  noun 1. a moderate to deep greenish blue. 2. one of the iron blues, a dark-blue, crystalline, water-insoluble pigment, Fe 4 [Fe(CN) 6 ] 3 , produced by reacting ferrocyanic acid or a ferrocyanide with a ferric compound: used in painting, fabric printing, and laundry bluing. Prussian blue noun 1. any of a number of […]

• Prussianism

  noun 1. the militaristic spirit, system, policy, or methods historically associated with the Prussians. noun 1. the ethos of the Prussian state and aristocracy, esp militarism and stern discipline

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