| TWBC | total white blood cells; total white blood count |
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| Verc | vervet (African green monkey) kidney cells |
| VK | vervet (African green monkey) kidney cells |
| VPC | vapor-phase chromatography; ventricular premature complex; ventricular premature contraction; volume... |
| VPRBC | volume of packed red blood cells |
| dendritic cells | Immunocompetent cells of the lymphoid and haemopoietic systems and skin. They are also called interdigitating, reticular, and veiled cells. They function morphologically and phenotypically by presenting or processing antigens, thereby stimulating cellular immunity. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| sympathicotropic cells | Large epithelioid cells in the hilum of the ovary associated with unmyelinated nerve fibres. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Dogiel's cells | The different cell types in cerebrospinal ganglia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ito cells | Fat-containing cell's lining hepatic sinusoids. (05 Mar 2000) |
| OKT-cells | Cell's recognised by monoclonal antibodies to T lymphocyte antigens: OKT-3 cell's are T lymphocytes as a class, since all share a common leukocyte differentiation antigen; OKT-4 cell's are helper cell's; OKT-8 cell's are suppressor cell's. OKT-4/OKT-8 expresses the ratio of helper to suppressor cell's, sometimes used as a measure of the functional status of the immune system and thus a basis for clinical diagnosis and prognosis. Current usage favours using CD designations. Origin: Ortho-Kung T-cell (05 Mar 2000) |
| olfactory cells | Very slender nerve cell's, with large nuclei and surmounted by six to eight long, sensitive cilia in the olfactory epithelium at the roof of the nose; they are the receptors for smell. Synonym: olfactory cells, Schultze's cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| olfactory receptor cells | Very slender nerve cell's, with large nuclei and surmounted by six to eight long, sensitive cilia in the olfactory epithelium at the roof of the nose; they are the receptors for smell. Synonym: olfactory cells, Schultze's cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oligodendroglia cells | See: oligodendroglia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oxyphil cells | Cell's of the parathyroid gland that increase in number with age; the cytoplasm contains numerous mitochondria and stains with eosin. Similar cell's, and tumours composed of them, are found in salivary glands and the thyroid; in the latter, also called Hurthle cell's. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tanned red cells | Erythrocytes subjected to mild treatment with chemicals such as tannic acid so that they adsorb onto their surface soluble antigens; used in haemagglutination tests. (05 Mar 2000) |
| taste cells | Darkly staining cell's in a taste bud that appear to have extending into the gustatory pore long hair-like microvilli containing a number of closely packed microtubules; the taste cell's stand in synaptic contact with sensory nerve fibres of the facial, glossopharyngeal, or vagus nerves. Synonym: gustatory cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| T cytotoxic cells | Lymphocyte-like effector cells which mediate antibody-dependent cell cytotoxicity. They kill antibody-coated target cells which they bind with their fc receptors. (12 Dec 1998) |
| TDTH cells | A functional subset of T helper cells that are involved in delayed-type hypersensitivity reactions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tendon cells | Elongated fibroblastic cell's arranged in rows between the collagenous tendon fibres. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Tg cells | A subset of T-cells that have an Fc receptor for immunoglobulin G molecules. (05 Mar 2000) |