Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun t_cell

1 sense of t cell

Sense 1
T cell, T lymphocyte -- (a small lymphocyte developed in the thymus; it orchestrates the immune system's response to infected or malignant cells)
       => lymphocyte, lymph cell -- (an agranulocytic leukocyte that normally makes up a quarter of the white blood cell count but increases in the presence of infection)