dendritic cell

noun

a branching cell of the lymph nodes, blood, and spleen that functions as a network trapping foreign protein.

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dendritic cell in Medicine

dendritic cell

n.

A cell that has branching processes.

Any of the cells in the neural crest of the embryonic ectoderm having extensive processes and developing early as producers of melanin.///A highly specialized white blood cell found in the skin, mucosa, and lymphoid tissues that initiates a primary immune response by activating lymphocytes and secreting cytokines.

follicular dendritic cell

dendritic cell in Science

dendritic cell

[dĕn-drĭt′ĭk]

A highly specialized white blood cell found in the skin, mucosa, and lymphoid tissues that initiates a primary immune response by activating lymphocytes and secreting cytokines.