chemokine

English

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

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Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ.

New Latin chēmīader.

English chemo-

English -kine

English chemokine

From chemo- + -kine.

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Noun

chemokine (plural chemokines)

1. (biochemistry, immunology) Any of various chemotactic cytokines, produced during inflammation, that organize the leukocytes.

Synonyms

• chemocytokine
• cytochemokine
• eotaxin

Derived terms

• adipochemokine
• optochemokine

Translations

cytokine produced during inflammation

• Azerbaijani: hemokin
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 趨化因子 / 趋化因子 (qūhuàyīnzǐ)

• French: chimiokine, chémokine
• German: Chemokin n
• Indonesian: kemokin
• Italian: chemochina (it)
• Japanese: ケモカイン (kemokain)
• Persian: کموکین
• Portuguese: quimiocina
• Spanish: quimiocina, quimioquina
• Swedish: kemokin (sv)