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Jurkat cell

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

One of an immortalized line of T cells used in genetic research.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, natural-sciences

Examples

  • The Jurkat cell line was established in the late 1970s from the peripheral blood of a 14-year-old boy with T-cell leukemia.

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