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perforin

perforin noun: a cytolytic protein found in natural killer cells.

Noun

perforin (countable and uncountable, plural perforins)

  1. A cytolytic protein found in natural killer cells.

Forms of perforin

pluralperforins

Origin of perforin

From perforate + -in, alluding to its action on the cell membrane.

Questions about perforin

What does perforin mean?
Perforin means a cytolytic protein found in natural killer cells.
What part of speech is perforin?
Perforin is a noun.
What is the plural of perforin?
The plural of perforin is perforins.

Words near perforin in the dictionary

  1. perforced
  2. perforcedly
  3. perforcely
  4. perforces
  5. perforcing
  6. perforin
  7. perforins
  8. perform
  9. perform'd
  10. performabilities
  11. performability

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