tumor necrosis factor (English, noun)
expansion: tumor necrosis factor (plural tumor necrosis factors)
Senses:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any of several polypeptide hormones, produced by macrophages, that can destroy some cancer cells.
Forms:
form: tumor necrosis factors
tags: plural
form: tumour necrosis factor
tags: alternative