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Interleukin

Definition: Interleukin

Interleukin

Noun

1. Any of several lymphokines that promote macrophages and killer T cells and B cells and other components of the immune system.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Crosswords: Interleukin

Specialty definitions using "interleukin": Receptors, Interleukin. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Interleukin

DomainTitle

References

  • Interleukin Genetics, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Interleukin 12: Cellular and Molecular Immunology of an Important Regulatory Cytokine (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, V.795) (reference)

  • Interleukin 2 (reference)

  • Interleukin Protocols (Methods in Molecular Medicine) (reference)

  • Interleukin 3: The Pan Specific Hemopoietin (Lymphokines: A Forum for Immunoregulatory Cell Products, Vol 15) (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Interleukin

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

There is evidence that certain cytokines are involved in the pathogenesis of HPS. Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) alpha or beta and interleukin 2 (IL-2) seem especially important. (references)

Interleukin 4 (IL-4) is able to diminish demyelination and improve the clinical course of mice with EAE, apparently by influencing developing T cells to become protective rather than harmful. (references)

Even after that stage, blocking the actions of certain enzymes, especially a group of protein-degrading enzymes called the ICE (interleukin converting enzyme) family of proteases, can interrupt the death program. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Interleukin

"Interleukin" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Interleukin" is used about 43 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%4352,181

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Interleukin

CountryName
USA

Interleukin Genetics, Inc.

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Interleukin

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "interleukin": Interleukin-1, interleukin-1, Interleukin-10, interleukin-11, interleukin-12, Interleukin-13, Interleukin-14, Interleukin-15, Interleukin-16, Interleukin-17, Interleukin-18, interleukin-1-alfa, Interleukin-2, interleukin-2, interleukin-3, Interleukin-4, interleukin-4 PE38KDEL cytotoxin, interleukin-4 pe38kdel immunotoxin, Interleukin-5, interleukin-6, Interleukin-7, Interleukin-7, Interleukin-8, Interleukin-8A, Interleukin-8B, Interleukin-9.

Containing "interleukin": hu14.18-interleukin-2 fusion protein.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Interleukin

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

interleukin

58

interleukin 2

29

interleukin 6

13

interleukin genetics

10

interleukin 1

9

interleukin 12

3

interleukin 10

3

interleukin 3

3

cancer interleukin

2

concentration interleukin

2

interleukin 5

2

interleukin 1 receptor antagonist

2

interleukin 8

2

1 beta interleukin

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Interleukin

Language Translations for "interleukin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

interleukin, IL (Israel, State of Israel). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

interleukine. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

interleukiini. (various references)

   

French

  

interleukine (interleukine). (various references)

   

German

  

Interleukin (interleukine), IL (interleukine, Israel, State of Israel). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ιντερλευκίνη. (various references)

   

Italian

  

interleuchina. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

interleukinay

   

Portuguese

  

interleucina 2 (Interleukin 2). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

interleuquina, interleukina, interleucina, IL (Israel, lacuna, lacunar infarct, lacunar infarction, length indicator, State of Israel). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Interleukin

Derivations

Words beginning with "interleukin": interleukins. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Interleukin"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "interleukin" (pronounced i'nterluw"kun)
3-k u nawaken, bacon, beacon, beckon, blacken, bracken, broken, chicken, darken, deacon, drunken, falcon, forsaken, gascon, harken, heartbroken, housebroken, lichen, liken, Macon, misspoken, mistaken, outspoken, overtaken, Pekin, pelican, Pipkin, pumpkin, quicken, reawaken, reckon, republican, retaken, second, shaken, shrunken, sicken, silicon, slacken, spoken, stricken, sunken, taken, thicken, token, unbroken, undertaken, unshaken, unspoken, waken, weaken, woken, zircon.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Interleukin

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-i-i-k-l-n-n-r-t-u"

-2 letters: interline, interlink.

-3 letters: runelike, tinklier, tunneler.

-4 letters: interne, inutile, kernite, kinetin, lenient, lintier, netlike, neurine, niterie, nitrile, nunlike, nutlike, retinue, reunite, tinkler, tinlike, tinnier, trunnel, urnlike, uterine.

-5 letters: eluent, entire, inkier, inlier, intern, intine, inturn, inulin, kelter, kennel, kernel, kilter, kiltie, kirtle, lenten, lierne, linier, linker, linnet, linter, lunier, lunker, lutein, neuter, nitril, reknit.

 Words containing the letters "e-e-i-i-k-l-n-n-r-t-u"
 

+1 letter: interleukins.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Interleukin


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

49 6E 74 65 72 6C 65 75 6B 69 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001001 01101110 01110100 01100101 01110010 01101100 01100101 01110101 01101011 01101001 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#73 &#110 &#116 &#101 &#114 &#108 &#101 &#117 &#107 &#105 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 006E 0074 0065 0072 006C 0065 0075 006B 0069 006E

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4380867184787187777580

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Usage Frequency
6. Names: Company Usage
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Derivations
11. Rhymes
12. Anagrams
13. Orthography
14. Bibliography


  

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Deens, danisht, danishte, ‏لغة الدانمركية, ‏نوع كعك, ‏دانماركي, датски език, датски, Daniko, 丹麦语, dánský, dánština, danskur, danskt, tanskalainen, danois, Deensk, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, עו'ת שמרים, " י, dán, danska, Danmhairgis, danese, 덴마크, Danvargish, Danvargagh, danes, dinamarquês, danez, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, датський, датська мова, tiếng Đan-mạch, for Danish;
Nederlands, Hollands, holandez, ‏هولندي, ‏اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, Olandes, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollendskt, hollantilainen, néerlandais, Nederlânsk, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holandisht, "ול "י, holland, hollenskur, Ollainnis, olandese, 네덜란", Belanda, Ollanish, Germaanish, Tatimana, nederlandsk, ulandes, hulandes, holandês, neerlandés, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, bakratongo, holländsk, ชาวเนเธอร์แลน"์, เกี่ยวกับเนเธอร์แลน"์, รรยา, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b xã", for Dutch;
Fins, finlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, ‏اللغة الفنلندية, ‏فنلندية, ‏فنلندي, фински език, фински, Pinlandino, 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, finský, finskt, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, פי י, finn, finnskur, finnska, finlandese, 핀란", Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, finlandês, finês, finlandezã, финский, Finisi, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü, фінська мова, фінський, tiếng Phần-lan, for Finnish;
Franse taal, Frans, franceze, francez, frëngjisht, frëng, frëngjishte, ‏فرنسي, ‏اللغة الفرنسية, ‏الشعب الفرنسي, gall, френски език, френски, Pranses, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzština, francouzský, franskur, franskt, ranskalainen, français, Frânsk, französisch, γάλλοσ, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, צרפתי, צרפתית, francia, Fraincis, francese, フレコン化 , フランス" , 仏文 , 仏 , ふつぶ", フレンチ , フランセ , ふつ, "랑스, Perancis, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, frances, franses, francês, francezii, francezã, franţuzesc, franţuzeşte, французский, Falani, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, sí-Fulentji, fransk, franska, fransızca, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransız, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький, Ffrengig, isiFulentshi, for French;
Duits, Duitser, Duitse taal, Germaan, gjerman, ‏ضرب من الرقص, ‏جرماني, ‏المانية, ‏الماني, ‏اللغة الألمانية, роден, германски, немски език, немски, немец, готически, германец, 德語 , 德语, 德文 , 德國 , nìmecký, nìmec, tysker, Duitse, týskur, týskt, týskari, saksalainen, Allemand, Dútsk, Deutsche, Deutsch, "ερμανός, gjermanisht, 'רמ י, 'רמ ית, német, þjóðverji, þýskur, GearmÚnach, GearmÚinis, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, todesch, Germaanagh, Garmane, Germaanish, Carmane, aleman, Niemiec, niemiecki, alemão, alemand, neamţ, немецкий, Siamani, germanski, alemán, Tudesku, Doysri, mjeremani, mdachi, sí-Jalimáne, tysk, เยอรมัน, าษาเยอรมัน, Alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister, Almaenwr, isiJalimane, iliJalimane, iJalimane, for German;
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Portugees, portugez, portugalisht, ‏اللغة البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالي, португалски език, португалски, португалец, Potuges, 葡萄牙语, 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙語 , portugalský, portugiser, portugisiskt, portugalilainen, portugais, Portugeesk, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, Portaingéilis, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", 포르투갈, Portiugish, Portiugagh, portugues, Portugalczyk, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalski, portugalac, portugués, Mreno, si-Putúkezi, portugis, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, portekizce, португальська мова, португальський, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha, for Portuguese;
Spaans, Spaanse taal, spanjoll, ‏اللغة الأسبانية, ‏الأسبانية, ‏أسباني, испански език, испански, espanyoles, Espanyol, 西班牙语, 西班牙文 , 西班牙語 , španìlský, španìlština, spanskt, espanjalainen, espagnol, Spaansk, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, karaiñe'êmegua, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, SpÚinnis, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , 스페인, Spaainagh, Spaainish, spañó, espanhol, espanhòl, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, spaniol, испанский, Sipaniolo, španski jezik, španski, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyolca, ispanyol, іспанська мова, іспанський, for Spanish;