Etymology

anakinra

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Today it means: A drug that blocks the activity of interleukin-1 and is administered as a subcutaneous injection chiefly in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. It is a recombinant form of an endogenous antagonist of interleukin-1 receptor and is marketed under the trademark Kineret. Full definition →

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From [Term?] + -nakinra (“interleukin-1 receptor antagonist”).

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