Synonyms & related words for cytokine

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of cytokine. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to cytokine

Explore words related to cytokine — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include monokine, lymphokine, interleukin, macrophages, immunoregulatory, properdin, perforin, immunoregulation. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does cytokine come from?

The word cytokine breaks down into 2 roots of Greek origin: cyto, from Greek kytos (“hollow vessel, cell”); and kine, from Greek kinein (“to move, set in motion”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.