interferon

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From interfere + -on (suffix: chemical compound), from its role interfering with viral replication.

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: interferó — any of a group of glycoproteins, that prevent viral replication in infected cells
• Chinese Mandarin: 干擾素 (gānrǎosù) — any of a group of glycoproteins, that prevent viral replication in infected cells
• Czech: interferon — any of a group of glycoproteins, that prevent viral replication in infected cells
• Dutch: interferon — any of a group of glycoproteins, that prevent viral replication in infected cells
• Esperanto: interferono — any of a group of glycoproteins, that prevent viral replication in infected cells
• Esperanto: interferonoj — any of a group of glycoproteins, that prevent viral replication in infected cells
• Finnish: interferoni — any of a group of glycoproteins, that prevent viral replication in infected cells
• French: interféron — any of a group of glycoproteins, that prevent viral replication in infected cells
• German: Interferon — any of a group of glycoproteins, that prevent viral replication in infected cells
• Hebrew: אינטרפרון — any of a group of glycoproteins, that prevent viral replication in infected cells
• Hungarian: interferon — any of a group of glycoproteins, that prevent viral replication in infected cells
• Italian: interferone — any of a group of glycoproteins, that prevent viral replication in infected cells
• Japanese: インターフェロン (intāferon) — any of a group of glycoproteins, that prevent viral replication in infected cells
• Northern Kurdish: înterferon — any of a group of glycoproteins, that prevent viral replication in infected cells
• Polish: interferon — any of a group of glycoproteins, that prevent viral replication in infected cells
• Portuguese: interferão — any of a group of glycoproteins, that prevent viral replication in infected cells
• Portuguese: interferon — any of a group of glycoproteins, that prevent viral replication in infected cells
• Romanian: interferon — any of a group of glycoproteins, that prevent viral replication in infected cells
• Russian: интерферо́н (interferón) — any of a group of glycoproteins, that prevent viral replication in infected cells
• Spanish: interferón — any of a group of glycoproteins, that prevent viral replication in infected cells
• Swedish: interferon — any of a group of glycoproteins, that prevent viral replication in infected cells
• Thai: อินเตอร์ฟีรอน (interfīron) — any of a group of glycoproteins, that prevent viral replication in infected cells