See Also: perforin(medicine)
perforin(dictionary)

LED (iou) and perforin (iou)


LED (iou)



LED noun. Also led. M20.
[Acronym, from light-emitting diode.]
A light-emitting diode, a semiconductor diode that emits light when a voltage is suitably applied.

perforin (iou)



perforin noun. L20.
[from PERFORATE verb + -IN1.]
Biochemistry. A protein, released by killer cells of the immune system, which destroys targeted cells by creating lesions like pores in their membranes.