Medical Definition of Leukocytic pyrogens

1. Fever producing substance released by leucocytes (and Kuppfer cells in particular) that acts on the hypothalamic thermoregulatory centre. Now known to be interleukin-1. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Leukocytic Pyrogens

leukocyte common antigen
leukocyte count
leukocyte cream
leukocyte disorders
leukocyte elastase
leukocyte esterase
leukocyte inclusions
leukocyte interferon
leukocyte migration-inhibitory factors
leukocyte transfusion
leukocyte tyrosine kinase receptor tyrosine kinase
leukocytes
leukocythemia
leukocytic
leukocytic pyrogens (current term)
leukocytic sarcoma
leukocytoblast
leukocytoclasis
leukocytoclastic
leukocytoclastic vasculitis
leukocytogenesis
leukocytoid
leukocytolysin
leukocytolysis
leukocytolytic
leukocytoma
leukocytometer
leukocytopenia
leukocytoplania

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