natural killer cell

English

Noun

natural killer cell (plural natural killer cells) (abbreviated as: NK)

(immunology) Any cell that expresses cell surface receptors that deliver signals to either activate or inhibit a response as part of the immune system.

Translations

cell that expresses cell surface receptors that deliver signals to either activate or inhibit a response

Hungarian: természetes ölősejt

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