Associations to the word «Lymphocyte»

Pictures for the word «Lymphocyte»

Wiktionary

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.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats