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noun
Any of a group of cytokine proteins important in the regulation of lymphocyte function.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
any of several lymphokines that promote macrophages and killer T cells and B cells and other components of the immune system
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: lymphokine
History
From inter- + leuko- + -in; *inter-: from Latin inter- (“between, amid”), a form of prepositional inter (“between”). *leuko: from Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white”) *-in: from French -ine, from Latin -īna, feminine of -īnus "of" or "belonging to"
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