lymphocyte
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]lymphocyte (plural lymphocytes)
- (cytology, immunology) 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.
Hypernyms
[edit]Hyponyms
[edit]- B lymphocyte, B cell
- T lymphocyte, T cell
- See also Thesaurus:lymphocyte
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]type of white blood cell
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /lɛ̃.fɔ.sit/
Audio (Switzerland): (file) - Homophone: lymphocytes
Noun
[edit]lymphocyte m (plural lymphocytes)
Further reading
[edit]- “lymphocyte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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