noun
an agranulocytic leukocyte that normally makes up a quarter of the white blood cell count but increases in the presence of infection
• Syn: ↑lymphocyte
• Derivationally related forms: ↑lymphocytic (for: ↑lymphocyte)
• Hypernyms:
↑leukocyte, ↑leucocyte, ↑white blood cell, ↑white cell, ↑white blood corpuscle, ↑white corpuscle, ↑WBC
• Hyponyms:
• Part Holonyms: ↑lymphatic system, ↑systema lymphaticum
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noun also lymph corpuscle* * *
lymph cell,
= lymphocyte. (Cf. ↑lymphocyte)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.