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cytotoxic_T_cell

cytotoxic T cell

English

Noun

cytotoxic T cell ‎(plural cytotoxic T cells)

(immunology) A subgroup of T cell that are capable of inducing death to infected somatic or tumor cells.

Synonyms

killer T cell

Translations

T cell capable of inducing death to alien cells

Finnish: tappaja-T-solu
French: lymphocyte T cytotoxique m

Swedish: T-mördarcell (sv) c, mördar-T-cell (sv) c, cytotoxisk T-cell (sv) c