-nercept

suffix
/nəs.ɛpt/UK/nɚˌsɛpt/US

Etymology

Blend of ne(c)rosis + recept(or).

  1. derived from receptōrius
  2. derived from receptour
  3. inherited from receptour
  4. compounded as -nercept — “necrosis + receptor

Definitions

  1. Used to form names of tumor necrosis factor receptor ligands.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for -nercept. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA