anakinra (English, noun)
expansion: anakinra (uncountable)
Senses:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A drug that blocks the activity of interleukin-1 and is administered as a subcutaneous injection chiefly in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. It is a recombinant form of an endogenous antagonist of interleukin-1 receptor and is marketed under the trademark Kineret.
tags: uncountable
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