In article <28MAY199418143078 at violet.ccit.arizona.edu>, krukonis at violet.ccit.arizona.edu (KRUKONIS, GREG) writes:
> Proteinaceous infectious agent.
> Anyone know why it's not Proin?
Probably so that it ends in -on; as in codon, operon, muon, transposon,
etc.
Besides, would proin really have caught on?
Jon Clewley