lymphocyte
nounEtymology From lympho- + -cyte.
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Biology, Cytology, Immunology, Medicine, Natural sciences, Sciences Any of several types of white blood cell with a spherical nucleus occurring in the lymphatic system, including B cells, T cells and natural killer cells.
- Synonyms
- lymphocyte
- Derived terms
- antilymphocyte, autolymphocyte, lymphocytic, lymphocytogenous, lymphocytoid, lymphocytolysis, lymphocytoma, lymphocytopenia, lymphocytopoiesis, lymphocytosis, lymphocytotoxin, lymphocytotropic, lymphokine, prolymphocyte
- Hypernyms
- leucocyte = leukocyte = white blood cell = WBC > agranulocyte, white blood cell, blood cell
- Hyponyms
- B lymphocyte, B cell, T lymphocyte, T cell, cytotoxic T cell, killer T cell, plasma cell, plasmacyte, thymocyte