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Lymphocyte

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Any of the nearly colorless cells found in the blood, lymph, and lymphoid tissues, constituting approximately 25 percent of white blood cells and including B cells, which function in humoral immunity, and T cells, which function in cellular immunity.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A type of white blood cell or leukocyte that is divided into two principal groups and a null group; B-lymphocytes, which produce antibodies in the humoral immune response, T-lymphocytes, which participate in the cell-mediated immune response and the null group, which contains natural killer cells, cytotoxic cells that participate in the innate immune response.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A typo of leucocyte found in the blood of all vertebrate animals. It is colored blue or purple with Ehrlich's triple stain, and occurs, in man, normally in the proportion of about 30 per cent. of the entire number of white blood-cells. There are two varieties, the large (11 to 14 microns in diameter), and the small (7.5 microns in diameter), the latter being the more numerous.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. an agranulocytic leukocyte that normally makes up a quarter of the white blood cell count but increases in the presence of infection

Word Usage

"A protein phosphatase in the lymphocyte is activated (when contacting the antigen-presenting cell)"

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

white blood corpuscle leucocyte white blood cell white cell leukocyte

Hyponym

T cell plasmacyte plasma cell T lymphocyte B lymphocyte

Form

lymphocytic

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

T cell leukocyte thymocyte myeloid neuronal