cytokine
English
noun
Definitions
- (protein) Any of various small regulatory proteins that regulate the cells of the immune system.
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek κίνησις (motion, movement).
Origin
Ancient Greek
κίνησις
Gloss
motion, movement
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -kinesis English
- adipomyokine English
- anticytokine English
- bradykinin English
- cardiomyokine English
- cytokinemia English
- cytokinome English
- immunocytokine English
- intracytokine English
- kinesis English
- multicytokine English
- myocytokine English
- myokine English
- noncytokine English
- precytokine English
- procytokine English
- kinesi- Dutch, Flemish
- kinesie Dutch, Flemish
- цитокин Russian
- κίνησις Ancient Greek
- κῑνέω Ancient Greek