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chemokine en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor. Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor. Medieval Latin alchēmia ▲ Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ. New Latin chēmīader. English chemo- English -kine English chemokine From chemo- + -kine.

Meanings

  1. Any of various chemotactic cytokines, produced during inflammation, that organize the leukocytes.

Forms

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Deriveds

optochemokine · adipochemokine

Synonyms

cytochemokine · eotaxin · chemocytokine

Translations (13)

pt quimiocina (cytokine produced during inflammation) · fr chémokine (cytokine produced during inflammation) · cmn 趨化因子 /趋化因子 (cytokine produced during inflammation) · id kemokin (cytokine produced during inflammation) · fr chimiokine (cytokine produced during inflammation) · fa کموکین (cytokine produced during inflammation) · es quimiocina (cytokine produced during inflammation) · sv kemokin (cytokine produced during inflammation) · az hemokin (cytokine produced during inflammation) · de Chemokin (cytokine produced during inflammation) · es quimioquina (cytokine produced during inflammation) · it chemochina (cytokine produced during inflammation) · ja ケモカイン (cytokine produced during inflammation)