perforin

English

Etymology

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

Noun

perforin (countable and uncountable, plural perforins)

  1. (biochemistry) A cytolytic protein found in natural killer cells.

Catalan

Verb

perforin

  1. inflection of perforar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative
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