INTERFERON


Meaning of INTERFERON in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌin-tə(r)-ˈfir-ˌän ]

noun

Etymology: interfere + -on (II)

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.