LYMPHOCYTIC

lym·pho·cyte   (lĭm'fə-sīt')    n.  Any of the nearly colorless cells found in the blood, lymph, and lymphoid tissues, constituting approximately 25 percent of white blood cells and including B cells, which function in humoral immunity, and T cells, which function in cellular immunity. lym'pho·cyt'ic (-sĭt'ĭk) adj.

Main Entry: lym·pho·cyte
Pronunciation: 'lim(p)-f&-"sIt
Function: noun
: any of the colorless weakly motile cells that originate from stemcells and differentiate in lymphoid tissue (as of the thymus or bone marrow), that are the typical cellular elements of lymph, that include the cellular mediators of immunity, and that constitute 20 to30 percent of the white blood cells of normal human blood —see B CELL, T CELL —lym·pho·cyt·ic /"lim(p)-f&-'sit-ik/ adjective

lymphocyte lym·pho·cyte (lĭm'fə-sīt')
n.
Any of the nearly colorless cells formed in lymphoid tissue, as in the lymph nodes, spleen, thymus, and tonsils, constituting between 22 and 28 percent of all white blood cells in the blood of a normal adult human. They function in the development of immunity and include two specific types, B cells and T cells.

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lym'pho·cyt'ic (-sĭt'ĭk) adj.