Verified corpus entry

cytokine

Reading order

Morphology rail

Construction: Combining form cyt/o, cell; Suffix -kine, lexicalized element in cytokine; reconstructs cytokine.

  1. 01C/F / Combining form

    cyt/o

    Surface: cyto

    cell

  2. 02SUF / Suffix

    -kine

    Surface: kine

    lexicalized element in cytokine

cytokine

Verified entry

This primary analysis is authored in the local corpus. It is a terminology record, not medical advice.

Corpus context

Authored note

A source-cited word-part teaching record for cytokine.

This cyt/o plus lexicalized -kine decomposition is a qualified teaching analysis; it is not a claim that -kine is universally productive.

Reference paths

  • cyt/o — cell
  • -kine — lexicalized element in cytokine

Provenance

Source ledger

  1. Source 1

    Cytokine

    National Cancer Institute

    External link to www.cancer.gov; opens in a new tab.

  2. Source 2

    Medical Terminology, 2nd ed., Chapter 1 - Identifying Word Parts

    National Library of Medicine, Open Resources for Nursing

    External link to www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov; opens in a new tab.

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