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T Cell

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Noun

1. t cell, t lymphocyte

a small lymphocyte developed in the thymus; it orchestrates the immune system's response to infected or malignant cells

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

T Cell

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noun
another name for T-lymphocyte

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T Cell

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any of the lymphocytes that are affected by the thymus and are involved in rejecting foreign tissue, regulating cellular immunity, and controlling the production of antibodies in the presence of an antigen
see also B cell

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

T Cell

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n.
Any of a class of lymphocytes, including the helper T cells and cytotoxic T lymphocytes, that form in bone marrow and mature in the thymus. T cells are activated when receptors on the cell surface recognize specific antigens. Also called T lymphocyte.

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