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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: any of several lymphokines that promote macrophages and killer T cells and B cells and other components of the immune system

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: inter- + leuk- + ¹-in Date: 1979 any of various cytokines of low molecular weight that are produced by lymphocytes, macrophages, and monocytes and that function especially in regulation of the immune system and especially cell-mediated immunity

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. Biochem. any of several glycoproteins produced by leucocytes for regulating immune responses. Etymology: INTER- + LEUCOCYTE