tumor necrosis factor

English

Alternative forms

• tumour necrosis factor (Commonwealth)

Noun

tumor necrosis factor (plural tumor necrosis factors)

1. (medicine, biochemistry) Any of several polypeptide hormones, produced by macrophages, that can destroy some cancer cells.

Translations

hormone

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 腫瘤壞死因子 / 肿瘤坏死因子 (zhǒngliú huàisǐ yīnzǐ)

• Finnish: tuumorinekroositekijä
• French: facteur de nécrose tumorale m