"tumor necrosis factor" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: tumor necrosis factors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tumor necrosis factor (plural tumor necrosis factors)
  1. (medicine, biochemistry) Any of several polypeptide hormones, produced by macrophages, that can destroy some cancer cells. Wikipedia link: tumor necrosis factor Categories (topical): Biochemistry, Medicine Synonyms: tumour necrosis factor [Commonwealth] Translations (hormone): 腫瘤壞死因子 (Chinese Mandarin), 肿瘤坏死因子 (zhǒngliú huàisǐ yīnzǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), tuumorinekroositekijä (Finnish)

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