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kinoid

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An immunogenic preparation containing a biologically inactivated cytokine, used experimentally as a form of vaccination to induce the production of antibodies against overproduced cytokines in several immune-related conditions (e.g. systemic lupus erythematosus, AIDS and Crohn's disease).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: immunology, medicine, sciences

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Etymology

From (cyto)kine + -oid, modelled on toxoid. Coined by Bernard Bizzini and A. Achour in 1995.