interferão

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.teʁ.feˈɾɐ̃w̃/ [ĩ.teh.feˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ĩ.teɾ.feˈɾɐ̃w̃/ [ĩ.teɾ.feˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ĩ.teʁ.feˈɾɐ̃w̃/ [ĩ.teχ.feˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.teɻ.feˈɾɐ̃w̃/ [ĩ.teɻ.feˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.tɨɾ.fɨˈɾɐ̃w̃/

  • Hyphenation: in‧ter‧fe‧rão

Noun

interferão m (plural interferões) (European Portuguese spelling)

  1. (biochemistry) interferon (glycoprotein that prevents viral replication in infected cells)