| interferon-beta | <cytokine> One of the type I interferons produced by fibroblasts in response to stimulation by live or inactivated virus or by double-stranded RNA. It is a cytokine with antiviral, antiproliferative, and immunomodulating activity. Synonym: fibroblast interferon. Pharmacological action: adjuvants, immunologic, antineoplastic agent, antiviral agents. Chemical name: Interferon-alphaB (human leukocyte protein moiety reduced) (12 Dec 1998) |
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| interferon-gamma | <cytokine> Interferon elaborated by T lymphocytes in response to either specific antigen or mitogenic stimulation. This type II interferon can be produced by recombinant DNA technology and is similar to the interferon secreted by lymphocytes and has antiviral and antineoplastic activity. Synonym: antigen interferon, immune interferon. Pharmacological action: antineoplastic agent, antiviral agents. (20 Sep 2002) |
| interfibrillary | Between fibrils. (05 Mar 2000) |
| interfibrous | Between fibres. (05 Mar 2000) |
| interfilamentous | Between filaments. (05 Mar 2000) |
| interfoliaceous | <botany> at the same node with opposite or whorled leaves, but occupying a position between their places of attachment. Origin: Pref. Inter- + foliaceous: cf. F. Interfoliace. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| interfoliate | To interleave. Origin: Pref. Inter- + L. Folium leaf. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| interfollicular | <anatomy> Between follicles; as, the interfollicular septa in a lymphatic gland. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| interfoveolar ligament | <anatomy> Fibrous or muscular strands that lie medial to the deep inguinal ring, extending from the lower border of the transversus muscle to the lacunar ligament and pectineal fascia. Synonym: ligamentum interfoveolare, Hesselbach's ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| interfrontal | Between the unfused halves of the frontal bone; denoting a persistent suture there present. (anomalous) (05 Mar 2000) |
| interfuse | 1. To pour or spread between or among; to diffuse; to scatter. "The ambient air, wide interfused, Embracing round this florid earth." (Milton) 2. To spread through; to permeate; to pervade. "Keats, in whom the moral seems to have so perfectly interfused the physical man, that you might almost say he could feel sorrow with his hands." (Lowell) 3. To mix up together; to associate. Origin: L. Interfusus, p. P. Of interfundere to pour between; inter between + fundere to pour. See Fuse to melt. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| interganglionic | <anatomy> Between and uniting the nervous ganglions; as, interganglionic cords. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| interganglionic rami | The ganglionic branches, the nerve strands interconnecting the ganglia of the sympathetic trunk; they consist of pre-or postganglionic fibres passing to higher or lower levels of the trunk. Synonym: rami interganglionares. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intergemmal | Between any two or more budlike or bulblike bodies such as the taste buds; denoting especially a nerve termination between two end bulbs. Origin: inter-+ L. Gemma, bud (05 Mar 2000) |
| intergenal | Between different genes. (05 Mar 2000) |