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interleukin 1

[ in-ter-loo-kin ]

noun

, Immunology.
  1. any of several proteins released from certain cells, especially macrophages, and having various effects on the activity of other cells, as promoting inflammation or enhancing T-cell proliferation. : IL-1


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Word History and Origins

Origin of interleukin 11

1979; inter- + leuk(ocyte) + -in 2; so called because such proteins act as agents of communication between different populations of leukocytes

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