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Tumour Necrosis Factor

Definition: Tumour Necrosis Factor

Tumour Necrosis Factor

Noun

1. A proinflammatory cytokine that is produced by white blood cells (monocytes and macrophages); has an antineoplastic effect but causes inflammation (as in rheumatoid arthritis).

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Synonym: Tumour Necrosis Factor

Synonym: tumor necrosis factor (n). (additional references)

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Commercial Usage: Tumour Necrosis Factor

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Books

  • Tumour Necrosis Factor and Related Cytotoxins (Ciba Foundation Symposium, 131) (reference)

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Modern Translation: Tumour Necrosis Factor

Language Translations for "tumour necrosis factor"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

tumor-nekrose-faktor (tumor necrosis factor). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

tumor-necrose-factor (tumor necrosis factor). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

tuumorinekroositekijä (tumor necrosis factor). (various references)

   

French

  

facteur nécrosant les tumeurs (tumor necrosis factor), facteur de nécrose des tumeurs (tumor necrosis factor). (various references)

   

German

  

Tumor-Nekrose-Faktor (Tumor Necrosis Factor). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

παράγοντας νέκρωσης όγκων (tumor necrosis factor). (various references)

   

Italian

  

fattore necrotizzante i tumori (tumor necrosis factor), fattore di necrosi tumorale (tumor necrosis factor). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

umourtay ecrosisnay actorfay

   

Portuguese

  

factor de necrose tumoral (tumor necrosis factor). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

factor de necrosis tumoral (tumor necrosis factor). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

tumour necrosis factor (tumor necrosis factor), tumor necrosis factor (tumor necrosis factor). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Tumour Necrosis Factor

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-f-i-m-n-o-o-o-r-r-r-s-s-t-t-u-u"

-5 letters: infrastructures, macrostructures, microstructures.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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