Leukotaxine
leukotaxine leu·ko·tax·ine (lōō’kə-tāk’sēn’, -sĭn)
n.
A crystalline nitrogenous material produced in injured, acutely degenerating tissue and found in inflammatory exudates that increases the permeability of capillaries and the migration of white blood cells.
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