Terminology Service for NFDI4Health
lymphocyte
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Editors note: consider adding taxon constraint to vertebrata (PMID:18025161)
Term info
Label
lymphocyte
definition
A lymphocyte is a leukocyte commonly found in the blood and lymph that has the characteristics of a large nucleus, a neutral staining cytoplasm, and prominent heterochromatin.
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Term relations
Equivalent to:
- leukocyte and has part some neutrophillic cytoplasm and has part some increased nucleus size and has part some heterochromatin and bearer of some mononucleate
Subclass of:
- leukocyte
- mononuclear cell
- has part some neutrophillic cytoplasm
- has part some heterochromatin
- develops from some common lymphoid progenitor
- has part some increased nucleus size