tumor necrosis factor
English
Alternative forms
- tumour necrosis factor (Commonwealth)
Noun
tumor necrosis factor (plural tumor necrosis factors)
- (medicine, biochemistry) Any of several polypeptide hormones, produced by macrophages, that can destroy some cancer cells.
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