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Health | Lymphocyte-like effector cells which mediate antibody-dependent cell cytotoxicity. They kill antibody-coated target cells which they bind with their Fc receptors. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: KILLER CELLS |
| Specialty definitions using "KILLER CELLS": Antigens, CD2 ♦ Chemokines, CX3C ♦ Interleukin-12 ♦ Killer Cells, Natural ♦ Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen-1 ♦ T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic. (references) |
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Health | Natural killer cells directly attack cells that have been infected by viruses. (references) | |
At least two types of lymphocytes are killer cells—cytotoxic T cells and natural killer cells. (references) | ||
These new or altered antigens flag immune defenders, including cytotoxic T cells, natural killer cells, and macrophages. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expressions using "KILLER CELLS": lymphokine-activated killer cells ♦ natural killer cells. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "KILLER CELLS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Dutch | NK-cel (natural killer cells, NK cells). (various references) | ||||
French | lymphocyte tueur naturel (natural killer cells), lymphocyte NK (natural killer cells), cellule tueuse naturelle (natural killer cells), cellule NK (natural killer cells), cellule cytolytique (natural killer cells). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | illerkay ellscay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-i-k-l-l-l-l-r-s" | |
-4 letters: ceilers, kellies, killers, lickers, slicker. | |
-5 letters: ceiler, cerise, cleeks, clerks, creeks, creels, ickers, killer, krills, licker, likers, relics, relies, resell, resile, rilles, seller, sickee, sicker, sickle, siller, slicer. | |
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