Associations to the word «Lymphocyte»

LYMPHOCYTE, noun. (cytology) (immunology) A type of white blood cell or leukocyte that is divided into two principal groups and a null group; B-lymphocytes, which produce antibodies in the humoral immune response, T-lymphocytes, which participate in the cell-mediated immune response and the null group, which contains natural killer cells, cytotoxic cells that participate in the innate immune response.

LYMPHOCYTE, noun. An agranulocytic leukocyte that normally makes up a quarter of the white blood cell count but increases in the presence of infection.