interleukin

1. 1.

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

   Broaderlymphokine

Other forms of interleukin

plural

interleukins·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about interleukin

What does interleukin mean?

interleukin means "any of several lymphokines that promote macrophages and killer T cells and B cells and other components of the immune system".

How many syllables are in interleukin?

interleukin has 4 syllables: in-ter-leu-kin. The stress falls on "leu". In IPA it is /ˌɪntɚˈlukɪn/.

Is interleukin a common word?

interleukin is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.