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Re:France issues moratorium on prion research after fatal br... by fabiospampinato on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @11:04AM (#27984668)
What things are named and what they are don't necessarily coincide. E.g.: native americans are called "indians".
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Re:France issues moratorium on prion research after fatal br... by jjk166 on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @11:46AM (#27985186)
But typically they do, and this is one of that vast majority of cases.
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Re:France issues moratorium on prion research after fatal br... by ben_w on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @11:23AM (#27984900)
A better etymological example would be that Stonehenge, after which the category “henge” is named, isn’t a henge.

(Aside from actual domain experts in this thread saying it is an infection, that is).

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