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INTERFERON-ALPHA

Specialty Definition: INTERFERON-ALPHA

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Health

One of the type I interferons produced by peripheral blood leukocytes or lymphoblastoid cells when exposed to live or inactivated virus, double-stranded RNA, or bacterial products. It is the major interferon produced by virus-induced leukocyte cultures and, in addition to its pronounced antiviral activity, it causes activation of NK cells. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: INTERFERON-ALPHA

Specialty definitions using "INTERFERON-ALPHA": Interferon Type I. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: INTERFERON-ALPHA

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Health

Interferon-alpha has been studied extensively for the treatment of the common cold. Investigators have shown interferon, given in daily doses by nasal spray, can prevent infection and illness. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Anagrams: INTERFERON-ALPHA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-f-h-i-l-n-n-o-p-r-r-t"

-4 letters: proletarian, proliferate.

-5 letters: anopheline, antiphonal, interferon, interloper, interrenal, nalorphine, parenteral, penetralia, perfoliate, peritoneal, pinfeather, praetorial, praetorian, prefrontal, reparation.

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Alternative Orthography: INTERFERON-ALPHA


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

49 4E 54 45 52 46 45 52 4F 4E 2D 41 4C 50 48 41

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001001 01001110 01010100 01000101 01010010 01000110 01000101 01010010 01001111 01001110 00101101 01000001 01001100 01010000 01001000 01000001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#73 &#78 &#84 &#69 &#82 &#70 &#69 &#82 &#79 &#78 &#45 &#65 &#76 &#80 &#72 &#65

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 004E 0054 0045 0052 0046 0045 0052 004F 004E 002D 0041 004C 0050 0048 0041

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

43485439524039524948153546504235

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3. Anagrams
4. Orthography
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