lymphocyte
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
- lymph cell
A kind of
- white cell
Kinds of lymphocyte
- plasma cell
Related words
- lymphocytic
- antilymphocyte
- autolymphocyte
- lymphocytogenous
- lymphocytolysis
- lymphocytoma
- lymphocytopenia
- lymphocytopoiesis
- lymphocytosis
- lymphocytotoxin
- lymphocytotropic
- lymphokine
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “lymphocyte” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.