"cytokine" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsa͜ɪˌɾəˌka͜ɪn/ Forms: cytokines [plural]
Etymology: From cyto- + Ancient Greek κίνησις (kínēsis, “movement”). Etymology templates: {{af|en|cyto-}} cyto-, {{der|en|grc|κίνησις||movement}} Ancient Greek κίνησις (kínēsis, “movement”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} cytokine (plural cytokines)
  1. (biochemistry, immunology) Any of various small regulatory proteins that regulate the cells of the immune system. Wikipedia link: cytokine Categories (topical): Immunology, Proteins Translations (any of various small regulatory proteins): 細胞因子 (Chinese), 细胞因子 (xìbāoyīnzǐ) (Chinese), cytokine (Dutch), sytokiini (Finnish), cytokine (French), Zytokin (German), κυτοκίνη (kytokíni) [feminine] (Greek), citokin (Hungarian), citochina [feminine] (Italian), citocina [feminine] (Portuguese), citokin (Slovene), citocina [feminine] (Spanish), cytokin (Swedish)

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