lymphocyte

English

Etymology

From lympho- +‎ -cyte.

Noun

lymphocyte (plural lymphocytes)

(cytology, immunology) A type of white blood cell with a spherical nucleus occurring in the lymphatic system, including B cells, T cells and natural killer cells.

Hyponyms

See also Thesaurus:lymphocyte

Derived terms

Translations

type of white blood cell

Catalan: limfòcit m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 淋巴細胞 (zh), 淋巴细胞 (zh) (línbāxìbāo)
Czech: lymfocyt (cs) m
French: lymphocyte (fr) m
German: Lymphozyt (de) m
Greek: λεμφοκύτταρο (el) n (lemfokýttaro)
Hindi: लसीकाणु m (laseekaanu)

Hungarian: limfocita
Icelandic: eitilfruma f
Italian: linfocita (it) m, linfocito
Japanese: リンパ球 (リンパきゅう, rinpakyū)
Portuguese: linfócito (pt)
Romanian: limfocit (ro), limfocită (ro) f
Russian: лимфоци́т (ru) m (limfocít)
Spanish: linfocito (es)
Swedish: lymfocyt (sv) c

French

Noun

lymphocyte m (plural lymphocytes)

(cytology) lymphocyte

Further reading

“lymphocyte” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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