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lymphocyte

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, cytology, immunology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lymph cell

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: leukocyte, leucocyte, white blood cell, white cell, white blood corpuscle, white corpuscle, WBC

Narrower terms: B cell, B lymphocyte, T cell, T lymphocyte, lymphoblast, plasma cell, plasmacyte

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English lympho- Ancient Greek κῠ́τος (kŭ́tos)der. Latin cytader. English -cyte English lymphocyte From lympho- + -cyte.

Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: limfòcit — type of white blood cell
  • Chinese Mandarin: 淋巴細胞 /淋巴细胞 (línbāxìbāo) — type of white blood cell
  • Czech: lymfocyt — type of white blood cell
  • Danish: lymfocyt — type of white blood cell
  • Dutch: lymfocyt — type of white blood cell
  • Finnish: lymfosyytti — type of white blood cell
  • French: lymphocyte — type of white blood cell
  • German: Lymphozyt — type of white blood cell
  • Greek: λεμφοκύτταρο (lemfokýttaro) — type of white blood cell
  • Hindi: लसीकाणु (lasīkāṇu) — type of white blood cell
  • Hungarian: limfocita — type of white blood cell
  • Icelandic: eitilfruma — type of white blood cell
  • Indonesian: limfosit — type of white blood cell
  • Italian: linfocita — type of white blood cell
  • Italian: linfocito — type of white blood cell
  • Japanese: リンパ球 (rinpakyū) — type of white blood cell
  • Kazakh: лимфоцит (limfosit) — type of white blood cell
  • Korean: 림프구 (rimpeugu) — type of white blood cell
  • Northern Kurdish: lîmfexane — type of white blood cell
  • Northern Kurdish: xaneya lîmfê — type of white blood cell
  • Latvian: limfocīts — type of white blood cell
  • Lithuanian: limfoci̇̀tas — type of white blood cell
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lymfocytt — type of white blood cell
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lymfocytt — type of white blood cell
  • Persian: لنفوسیت (lanfosit) — type of white blood cell
  • Portuguese: linfócito — type of white blood cell
  • Romanian: limfocit — type of white blood cell
  • Romanian: limfocită — type of white blood cell
  • Russian: лимфоци́т (limfocít) — type of white blood cell
  • Spanish: linfocito — type of white blood cell
  • Swedish: lymfocyt — type of white blood cell
  • Turkish: lenfosit — type of white blood cell
  • Turkish: ak kan hücresi — type of white blood cell
  • Welsh: lymffocyt — type of white blood cell