What does "lymphocyte" mean?

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.

What is a synonym for "lymphocyte"?

Common synonyms include: lymph cell, lysocyte.

Lymphocyte

noun

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Definitions

Noun

1
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.
2
an agranulocytic leukocyte that normally makes up a quarter of the white blood cell count but increases in the presence of infection wordnet

Synonyms

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lymph cell lysocyte

Example

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"Scientists say the modified T cells, injected into the patients following standard chemotherapy, homed in on the cancerous B cells inside the bone marrow, each T lymphocyte killing thousands of tumor cells."

Etymology

From lympho- + -cyte.

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