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cachectin

cachectin noun: the polypeptide hormone cachexin or tumor necrosis factor.

Noun

cachectin (uncountable)

  1. The polypeptide hormone cachexin or tumor necrosis factor.

Questions about cachectin

What does cachectin mean?
Cachectin means the polypeptide hormone cachexin or tumor necrosis factor.
What part of speech is cachectin?
Cachectin is a noun.

Words near cachectin in the dictionary

  1. cache-sexes
  2. cacheability
  3. cacheable
  4. cachectic
  5. cachectical
  6. cachectin
  7. cached
  8. cacheing
  9. Cachel
  10. cacheless
  11. Cachels

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