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interferon
0 
n 1: an antiviral protein produced by cells that have been
invaded by a virus; inhibits replication of the virus
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micron 0
n 1: a metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter
[syn: micron, micrometer]
-
moron 0
n 1: a person of subnormal intelligence [syn: idiot,
imbecile, cretin, moron, changeling, half-wit,
retard]
2: a city in Argentina, to the west of Buenos Aires
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anne 0
n 1: Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if
James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she
was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over
parliament (1665-1714)
-
acheron 0
n 1: (Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which the souls
of the dead were carried by Charon [syn: Acheron, River
Acheron]
-
betatron 0
n 1: accelerates a continuous beam of electrons to high speeds
by means of the electric field produced by changing
magnetic flux [syn: betatron, induction accelerator]
-
bevatron 0
n 1: a cyclotron that accelerates protons up to several billion
electron volts
-
elytron 0
n 1: either of the horny front wings in beetles and some other
insects which cover and protect the functional hind wings
[syn: wing case, elytron]
-
hyperon 0
n 1: any baryon that is not a nucleon; unstable particle with
mass greater than a neutron
-
mesotron 0
n 1: an elementary particle responsible for the forces in the
atomic nucleus; a hadron with a baryon number of 0 [syn:
meson, mesotron]
-
neophron 0
n 1: a genus of Accipitridae [syn: Neophron, genus Neophron]
-
operon 0
n 1: a segment of DNA containing adjacent genes including
structural genes and an operator gene and a regulatory gene
-
erigeron 0
n 1: cosmopolitan genus of usually perennial herbs with flowers
that resemble asters; leaves occasionally (especially
formerly) used medicinally [syn: Erigeron, genus
Erigeron]
-
hadron 0
n 1: any elementary particle that interacts strongly with other
particles
-
nephron 0
n 1: any of the small tubules that are the excretory units of
the vertebrate kidney [syn: nephron, uriniferous
tubule]
-
millimicron 0
n 1: a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter
[syn: nanometer, nanometre, nm, millimicron,
micromillimeter, micromillimetre]
-
styron 0
n 1: United States writer best known for his novels (born in
1925) [syn: Styron, William Styron]
-
garonne 0
n 1: a river that rises in the Pyrenees and flows northwest to
the Bay of Biscay [syn: Garonne, Garonne River]
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whereon 0
-
auberon 0
-
kenotron 0
-
megaron 0
-
oberon 0
-
thyratron 0
-
diatessaron 0
-
natron 0
-
hebron 0
-
fleuron 0
-
pleuron 0
-
heilbronn 0
