cathelicidin

== English == === Etymology === From cathelin (“the protein domain conserved in cathelicidins”) +‎ -cide (“killer”) +‎ -in, in 1995. === Noun === cathelicidin (plural cathelicidins) (biochemistry) Any of a family of antimicrobial polypeptides found in lysosomes in polymorphonuclear leukocytes. === References ===