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A lymphocyte, from the thymus, that can recognise specific antigens and can activate or deactivate other immune cells.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: immunology, medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
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a small lymphocyte developed in the thymus; it orchestrates the immune system's response to infected or malignant cells
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: T lymphocyte
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: lymphocyte, lymph cell
Narrower terms: helper T cell, helper cell, CD4 T cell, CD4 cell, killer T cell, killer cell, cytotoxic T cell, CD8 T cell, CD8 cell
Clipping of thymus + cell.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
cèl·lula T
— lymphocyte that can recognise specific antigens and can activate or deactivate other immune cells
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Catalan:
limfòcit T
— lymphocyte that can recognise specific antigens and can activate or deactivate other immune cells
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Chinese Mandarin:
T細胞 /T细胞
(tìxìbāo)
— lymphocyte that can recognise specific antigens and can activate or deactivate other immune cells
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German:
T-Lymphozyt
— lymphocyte that can recognise specific antigens and can activate or deactivate other immune cells
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German:
T-Zelle
— lymphocyte that can recognise specific antigens and can activate or deactivate other immune cells
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Hungarian:
T-sejt
— lymphocyte that can recognise specific antigens and can activate or deactivate other immune cells
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Hungarian:
T-limfocita
— lymphocyte that can recognise specific antigens and can activate or deactivate other immune cells
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Hungarian:
T-lymphocyta
— lymphocyte that can recognise specific antigens and can activate or deactivate other immune cells
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Northern Kurdish:
xaneya T
— lymphocyte that can recognise specific antigens and can activate or deactivate other immune cells
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Portuguese:
célula T
— lymphocyte that can recognise specific antigens and can activate or deactivate other immune cells
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Portuguese:
linfócito T
— lymphocyte that can recognise specific antigens and can activate or deactivate other immune cells
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Spanish:
célula T
— lymphocyte that can recognise specific antigens and can activate or deactivate other immune cells
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Spanish:
linfocito T
— lymphocyte that can recognise specific antigens and can activate or deactivate other immune cells
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Swahili:
seli T
— lymphocyte that can recognise specific antigens and can activate or deactivate other immune cells
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Swedish:
T-cell
— lymphocyte that can recognise specific antigens and can activate or deactivate other immune cells
