English Explanatory Dictionary

interleukin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a group of cytokine proteins important in the regulation of lymphocyte function.

Word forms

interleukin interleukins

Etymology

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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