Meaning

1 senses
  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.

    Lymphozyt

    лимфоци́тlimfocít

    лімфоци́тlimfocýt

More definitions
  • an agranulocytic leukocyte that normally makes up a quarter of the white blood cell count but increases in the presence of infection

Examples

1 sentences
  1. A lymphocyte is a type of white blood cell.

    ruЛимфоциты — это вид белых кровяных клеток. — marafon

    deEin Lymphozyt ist eine Art weißes Blutkörperchen. — mhr

Translations

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Origin

Ancient Greek κῠ́τος (kŭ́tos)der.

Ancient Greek κῠ́τος (kŭ́tos)der.

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Forms

plural: lymphocytes
Singularlymphocyte
Plurallymphocytes

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an agranulocytic leukocyte that normally makes up a quarter of the white blood cell count but increases in the presence of infection:lymph cell

Word family

13 related words

See also

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