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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A white blood cell produced by cultivation of peripheral lymphocytes with interleukin-2 and used to identify and destroy cancer cells.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[l(ymphokine-)a(ctivated) k(iller cell).]
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