■ noun Physiology a lymphocyte of a type produced or processed by the thymus gland and participating in the cell-mediated immune response. Compare with B-lymphocyte .
Origin
1970s: from T for thymus .
T-LYMPHOCYTE
Meaning of T-LYMPHOCYTE in English
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004