INTERFERON

interferon

(noun) an antiviral protein produced by cells that have been invaded by a virus; inhibits replication of the virus

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

interferon (plural interferons)

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

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28 November 2024

SYNCRETISM

(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)


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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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