lymphocytes
- plural of lymphocyte.
Example Sentences
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Lymphocytes are white blood cells that help direct the adaptive immune response.
From Science Daily • May 31, 2026
Lymphocytes function primarily in the immune response to foreign antigens or material.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Lymphocytes are exquisitely sensitive to radiation, going through apoptosis—programmed cell death—when they detect even a little damage to their DNA.
From Slate • Jun. 24, 2020
Lymphocytes are cells that fight infections and then die off, but with CLL they grow out of control and can't be switched off.
From BBC • Feb. 5, 2018
Lymphocytes are apparently informed about everything foreign around them, and some of them come equipped for fitting with polymers that do not exist until organic chemists synthesize them in their laboratories.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
