lymphocyte

== English == === Etymology === From lympho- + -cyte. === Pronunciation === === Noun === lymphocyte (plural lymphocytes) (cytology, immunology) Any of several types of white blood cell with a spherical nucleus occurring in the lymphatic system, including B cells, T cells and natural killer cells. ==== Hypernyms ==== leucocyte = leukocyte = white blood cell = WBC > agranulocyte ==== Hyponyms ==== B lymphocyte, B cell T lymphocyte, T cell See also Thesaurus:lymphocyte ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === From lymphe +‎ -o- +‎ -cyte. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /lɛ̃.fɔ.sit/ Homophone: lymphocytes === Noun === lymphocyte m (plural lymphocytes) (cytology) lymphocyte ==== Descendants ==== → Persian: لنفوسیت (lanfosit) → Turkish: lenfosit === Further reading === “lymphocyte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012