"lymphocyte" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: lymphocytes [plural]
Etymology: From lympho- + -cyte. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|lympho-|-cyte}} lympho- + -cyte Head templates: {{en-noun}} lymphocyte (plural lymphocytes)
  1. (cytology, immunology) 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. Wikipedia link: lymphocyte Categories (topical): Cytology, Immunology Synonyms: lymphocyte Hypernyms: leucocyte = leukocyte = white blood cell = WBC > agranulocyte, white blood cell, blood cell Hyponyms: B lymphocyte, B cell, T lymphocyte, T cell, cytotoxic T cell, killer T cell, plasma cell, plasmacyte, thymocyte Translations (type of white blood cell): limfòcit [masculine] (Catalan), 淋巴細胞 (Chinese Mandarin), 淋巴细胞 (línbāxìbāo) (Chinese Mandarin), lymfocyt [masculine] (Czech), lymfocyt [masculine] (Dutch), lymphocyte [masculine] (French), Lymphozyt [masculine] (German), λεμφοκύτταρο (lemfokýttaro) [neuter] (Greek), लसीकाणु (lasīkāṇu) [masculine] (Hindi), limfocita (Hungarian), eitilfruma [feminine] (Icelandic), linfocita [masculine] (Italian), linfocito (Italian), リンパ球 (rinpakyū) (alt: リンパきゅう) (Japanese), лимфоцит (limfosit) (Kazakh), lîmfexane [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), xaneya lîmfê [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), linfócito (Portuguese), limfocit (Romanian), limfocită [feminine] (Romanian), лимфоци́т (limfocít) [masculine] (Russian), linfocito (Spanish), lymfocyt [common-gender] (Swedish), lenfosit (Turkish), ak kan hücresi (Turkish)

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      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "type of white blood cell",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "xaneya lîmfê"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "type of white blood cell",
      "word": "linfócito"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "type of white blood cell",
      "word": "limfocit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "type of white blood cell",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "limfocită"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "limfocít",
      "sense": "type of white blood cell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лимфоци́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "type of white blood cell",
      "word": "linfocito"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "type of white blood cell",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "lymfocyt"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "type of white blood cell",
      "word": "lenfosit"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "type of white blood cell",
      "word": "ak kan hücresi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lymphocyte"
}

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