"tetherin" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: tetherins [plural]
Etymology: From tether + -in. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|tether|-in|text=+|tree=1}} From tether + -in., {{ety|en|:af|tether|-in|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English tether Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English tetherin From tether + -in. Head templates: {{en-noun}} tetherin (plural tetherins)
  1. (biology) Any protein-based tether that causes retention of virions on infected cell surfaces.

Inflected forms

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