lymphocyte

English

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Etymology

lympho- +‎ -cyte

Noun

lymphocyte (plural lymphocytes)

1. (cytology, immunology) 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.

Hyponyms

• See also Wikisaurus:lymphocyte

Derived terms

• lymphocytic

Translations

type of white blood cell

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 淋巴細胞 (cmn), 淋巴细胞 (cmn) (línbāxìbāo)

• Czech: lymfocyt (cs) m
• French: lymphocyte (fr) m
• German: Lymphozyt (de) m

• Hindi: लसीकाणु (hi) (laseekaanu) m
• Icelandic: eitilfruma (is) f
• Italian: linfocita (it) m
• Japanese: リンパ球 (ja) (リンパきゅう, rinpakyū)
• Romanian: limfocit (ro)
• Russian: лимфоци́т (ru) (limfocít) m

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French

Noun

lymphocyte m (plural lymphocytes)

1. (cytology) lymphocyte