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noun Immunology.

any of several types of lymphocyte or leukocyte capable of destroying cells that have acquired foreign characteristics, as a tumor cell or virus-infected cell.

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How to use killer cell in a sentence

When it encounters a real infection, the entire immune military of trained antibodies and killer cells can then rapidly spur to life, nixing the invader before they have a chance to spread or reproduce.
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So if you’re in a good mood, and your serotonin levels are healthy, that’s going to produce T cells and natural killer cells, which are like the James Bond of the immune system.
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Barry showed me his room—a one bedroom with a killer view of Riverbank State Park and the Hudson.
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Joel Osteen wants to talk about muting your cell phone at the dinner table.
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At that point, the Library of Congress can once again decide to prohibit consumers from unlocking their cell phones.
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The would-be pope killer loves to be in front of the cameras, and the press in Italy is happy to oblige.
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By Jerome Groopman, New Yorker Researchers get closer to outwitting a killer.
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In his condemned cell he composed a beautiful poem of 14 verses (“My last Thought”), which was found by his wife and published.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
Some writers state that each cell contains about one thousand seeds.
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Any epithelial cell may be so granular from degenerative changes that the nucleus is obscured.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
The sediment contains a few hyaline and finely granular casts and an occasional red blood-cell.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
The megaloblast is probably a distinct cell, not merely a larger size of the normoblast.
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British Dictionary definitions for killer cell

killer cell

noun

a type of white blood cell that is able to kill cells, such as cancer cells and cells infected with viruses

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