killer cell

Noun

Meaning

T cell with CD8 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and binds to the infected cell and kill it

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

cytotoxic T cell killer T cell CD8 T cell CD8 cell

Hypernyms

T cell T lymphocyte

Close letter words and terms

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