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# cytokine

«cytokine» in Mova's school dictionary: **a tiny protein that cells send out as a message…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a cytokine, cytokines)

### meaning for a pupil

(science) A cytokine is a tiny protein that cells send out as a message, especially to control the body's immune system when fighting germs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cytokine/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

A science and medicine word: when you catch a cold, cells release cytokines that call immune cells to fight the infection; they can also cause fever and tiredness, which is part of how the body fights back. Children may hear it in news about illnesses and vaccines.

### examples

- Cytokines tell white blood cells where to go. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cytokine/#x1)
- When you have flu, cytokines help cause the fever. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cytokine/#x2)
- Scientists study cytokines to make new medicines. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cytokine/#x3)
- Cytokines are messages sent from one cell to another. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cytokine/#x4)
- Some cytokines calm the immune system down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cytokine/#x5)
- Too many cytokines at once can make a person very ill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cytokine/#x6)

### note

Countable, mostly plural: cytokines. Pronounced «SY-toh-kine». «Cyto» means cell; «kine» means movement.

### In the corpora

- [When fighting an infection the immune system releases chemical messengers, called cytokines, that make you sleepy so the body can save energy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/31-why-we-sleep-when-ill/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «cytokine» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cytokine/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.