killer T cell
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nounDefinition of KILLER T CELL
: a T cell that functions in cell-mediated immunity by destroying a cell (as one infected with a virus) having specific antigenic molecules on its surface —called also cytotoxic T cell
First Known Use of KILLER T CELL
1975
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