different between lymphocyte vs lymphoblast

lymphocyte

English

Etymology

From lympho- +? -cyte.

Noun

lymphocyte (plural lymphocytes)

  1. (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

  • B lymphocyte, T lymphocyte
  • lymphocytic
  • lymphocytoid

Translations


French

Etymology

From lymphe +? -o- +? -cyte.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /l??.f?.sit/
  • Homophone: lymphocytes

Noun

lymphocyte m (plural lymphocytes)

  1. (cytology) lymphocyte

Further reading

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

lymphocyte From the web:

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  • what lymphocytes produce antibodies
  • what lymphocytes mature in the bone marrow
  • what lymphocytes are involved in humoral immunity
  • what lymphocytes means in blood test
  • what lymphocytes means
  • what lymphocyte count is too low
  • what lymphocytes produce


lymphoblast

English

Etymology

lympho- +? -blast

Noun

lymphoblast (plural lymphoblasts)

  1. (US, cytology, oncology) An immature lymphocyte; they proliferate uncontrollably in lymphoblastic leukemia

Derived terms

  • lymphoblastic

lymphoblast From the web:

  • what lymphoblastic leukemia
  • what lymphoblast means
  • what is lymphoblastic lymphoma
  • what is lymphoblastic leukaemia
  • what does lymphoblastic mean
  • what are lymphoblastoid cell lines used for
  • what are lymphoblastoid cell lines
  • what is acute lymphoblastic leukemia
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