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noun
Any of a group of cytokines produced by lymphocytes
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
a cytokine secreted by helper T cells in response to stimulation by antigens and that acts on other cells of the immune system (as by activating macrophages)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: cytokine
Narrower terms: interleukin
History
From lympho- + -kine.
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