Etymology

-kine

Today it means: Forms names of specific cytokines. Full definition →

Ancient Greek κινέω
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκινέω“to move”
  2. English today-kine

From -kinesis or directly from Ancient Greek κινέω (kinéō, “to move”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekκινέω all →

kinocilium

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