LYMPHOKINE

Meaning of LYMPHOKINE in English

a chemical messenger (e.g., interferon, interleukin) produced by lymphocytes that directs and regulates immune responses by stimulating macrophages, killer cells and other lymphocytes.

AIDS English Glossary. Английский словарь СПИДа. 2012

LYMPHOKINE — noun see: -kinesis Date: 1969 any of various substances (as interleukin-2) of low molecular weight that are not antibodies, are …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LYMPHOKINE — ˈlim(p)fəˌkīn noun ( -s ) Etymology: lymph- + -kine (from Greek kinein to set in motion) — more at hight …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LYMPHOKINE — /lim"feuh kuyn'/ , n. Immunol. any lymphocyte product, as interferon, that is not an antibody but may participate in the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LYMPHOKINE — noun Etymology: lymph- + -kine, from Greek kinein to move about — more at -kinesis Date: 1969 : any of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LYMPHOKINE — [ 'lɪmfə(ʊ)kʌɪn ] ■ noun Physiology a substance of a type produced by lymphocytes and having an effect on other …
Concise Oxford English vocab
LYMPHOKINE — [lym.pho.kine] n [lymph- + -kine, fr. Gk kinein to move about--more at -kinesis] (1969): any of various substances (as interleukin-2) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LYMPHOKINE — лимфокин (иммуноактивный фактор лимфоцитов) - afferent lymphokines - B-cell-derived lymphokine - efferent lymphokines - mixed-activity lymphokines - T-cell-derived lymphokine
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
LYMPHOKINE — лимфокин ( иммуноактивный фактор лимфоцитов ) - afferent lymphokines - B-cell-derived lymphokine - efferent lymphokines - mixed-activity lymphokines - T-cell-derived …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
LYMPHOKINE — медиатор клеточного иммунитета, лимфокин
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
LYMPHOKINE — n. Pronunciation: ' lim(p)-f ə - ˌ k ī n Function: noun Etymology: lymph- + -kine, from Greek kinein to …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
LYMPHOKINE-ACTIVATED KILLER CELL — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ - noun : a lymphocyte (as a natural killer cell) that has been …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LYMPHOKINE-ACTIVATED KILLER CELL — /lim"feuh kuyn ak'teuh vay'tid/ , Immunol. See LAK cell .
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LYMPHOKINE-ACTIVATED KILLER CELL — A white blood cell that is stimulated in a laboratory to kill tumor cells. Also called an LAK cell.
NCI English Dictionary of Cancer Terms
CYTOKINE — noun Etymology: cyt- + -kine (as in lymphokine) Date: 1979 any of a class of immunoregulatory proteins (as interleukin or …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LAK — I. noun see LAK cell II. noun see lymphokine-activated killer cell
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TUMOR-INFILTRATING LYMPHOCYTE — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ˈ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ -, ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ˈ ̷ ̷ (ˌ) ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ - noun : a T cell that …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LAK CELL — ˈlak-; ˌel(ˌ)āˈkā- noun or LAK ( -s ) : lymphokine-activated killer cell herein
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CYTOKINE — ˈsīd.ōˌkīn, -d.ə- noun ( -s ) Etymology: cyt- + -kine (as in lymphokine — herein) : any of a class …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ADOPTIVE IMMUNOTHERAPY — noun : treatment especially for cancer in which lymphocytes are removed from a patient, cultured with an interleukin to induce …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
T CELL — Immunol. any of several closely related lymphocytes, developed in the thymus, that circulate in the blood and lymph and orchestrate …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LAK CELL — Immunol. lymphokine-activated killer cell: one of a number of white blood cells removed from a patient's whole blood and cultured …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
INTERLEUKIN 3 — Immunol. a lymphokine protein, secreted by T cells, that participates in the regulation of blood-cell production. Abbr.: IL-3 [ 1980-85; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
INTERLEUKIN 2 — 1. Immunol. a lymphokine protein, secreted by T cells in response to antigen and interleukin 1, that stimulates the proliferation …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CROSS-REACTION — — cross-reactive , adj. — cross-reactivity , n. /kraws"ree ak"sheuhn kros"-/ , n. an immunologic reaction between a given antigen …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CYTOKINE — noun Etymology: cyt- + -kine (as in lymphokine ) Date: 1979 : any of a class of immunoregulatory proteins (as …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CYTOKINE — [cy.to.kine] n [cyt- + -kine (as in lymphokine)] (1979): any of a class of immunoregulatory substances (as lymphokines) that are …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
T8 CELL — A type of immune cells, T8 cells close down the immune response after it has destroyed invading organisms. T8 cells …
English Dictionary of Medicine
T4 CELL — Immune cells that are triggered by antibodies to seek and attack invading organisms. Cells called macrophanges summon T4 cells to …
English Dictionary of Medicine
T-SUPPRESSOR CELL — A type of immune cells, also called T8 cells, these cells close down the immune response after it has destroyed …
English Dictionary of Medicine
T-LYMPHOCYTE — A white blood cell made in the thymus gland, a lymphoid structure in the upper chest. T lymphocytes are also …
English Dictionary of Medicine
T-HELPER CELL — Immune cells that are triggered by antibodies to seek and attack invading organisms. Cells called macrophanges summon T-helper cells to …
English Dictionary of Medicine
T-CELL — A white blood cell made in the thymus gland, a lymphoid structure in the upper chest. (The T in T-cell …
English Dictionary of Medicine

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