INTERFERON


Meaning of INTERFERON in English

n.

Pronunciation: ˌ in-t ə (r)- ' fir- ˌ än

Function: noun

Etymology: interfere + 2 -on

Date: 1957

: any of a group of heat-stable soluble basic antiviral glycoprotein cytokines of low molecular weight that are produced by cells exposed usually to the action of a virus, sometimes to the action of another intracellular parasite (as a bacterium), or experimentally to the action of some chemicals

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