Associations to the word «Interferon»

Wiktionary

INTERFERON, noun. (biochemistry) Any of a group of glycoproteins, produced by the immune system, that prevent viral replication in infected cells.

Dictionary definition

INTERFERON, noun. An antiviral protein produced by cells that have been invaded by a virus; inhibits replication of the virus.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King