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BTK

BTK is the initialism of Bruton's tyrosine kinase.

BTK is the initialism of Baku–Tbilisi–Kars.

Meaning of Bruton's tyrosine kinase

Noun

Bruton's tyrosine kinase

  1. A tyrosine-protein kinase that has a role in the development of B cells

Proper noun

BTK (uncountable)

  1. Dennis Rader, American serial killer.

Origin of BTK

Initialism of bind, torture, kill. The nickname was first used by Dennis Rader in letters to the police and media.

Questions about BTK

What does BTK mean?
BTK means dennis Rader, American serial killer.
What is BTK the initialism of?
BTK is the initialism of Bruton's tyrosine kinase.
What part of speech is BTK?
BTK is a proper noun.

Words near BTK in the dictionary

  1. BTG
  2. BTGs
  3. BTH
  4. BTHA
  5. Bti
  6. BTK
  7. btl
  8. btm
  9. BTMM
  10. BTMs
  11. btn

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Adapted from Wiktionary: BTK (page history and authors); Bruton's tyrosine kinase (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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