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Helper T Cell

Definition: Helper T Cell

Helper T Cell

Noun

1. T cell with CD4 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and secretes lymphokines that stimulate B cells and killer T cells.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 



Synonyms: Helper T Cell

Synonyms: CD4 cell (n), CD4 T cell (n). (additional references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Helper T Cell

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Health

With the cooperation of a helper T cell, the cytotoxic T cell matures. (references)

After an antigen-presenting cell such as a macrophage has ingested and processed an antigen, it presents the antigen fragment, along with a class II marker protein, to a matching helper T cell with a T4 receptor. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Anagrams: Helper T Cell

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-e-e-e-h-l-l-l-p-r-t"

-3 letters: preelect.

-4 letters: cheeper, echelle, prelect, reelect, replete, telpher.

-5 letters: etcher, heeler, heller, helper, lecher, peeler, pellet, pelter, petrel, recept, reheel, retell, teller, tercel, threep.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Helper T Cell


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

48 65 6C 70 65 72      54      43 65 6C 6C

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001000 01100101 01101100 01110000 01100101 01110010 00100000 01010100 00100000 01000011 01100101 01101100 01101100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#101 &#108 &#112 &#101 &#114 &#32 &#84 &#32 &#67 &#101 &#108 &#108

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0065 006C 0070 0065 0072      0054      0043 0065 006C 006C

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

427178827184254237717878

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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