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