| lymphoblast |
A lymphocyte that has gotten larger after being stimulated by an antigen. Lymphoblasts look like immature lymphocytes, and were once thought to be precursor cells.
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| lymphocytic leukemia |
A type of cancer in which the bone marrow makes too many lymphocytes (white blood cells).
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| lymphoepithelioma |
A type of cancer that begins in the tissues covering the nasopharynx (the upper part of the throat behind the nose).
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| lymphokine-activated killer cell |
A white blood cell that is stimulated in a laboratory to kill tumor cells. Also called an LAK cell.
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| lymphoma |
Cancer that begins in cells of the immune system. There are two basic categories of lymphomas. One kind is Hodgkin's lymphoma, which is marked by the presence of a type of cell called the Reed-Sternberg cell. The other category is non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, which includes a large, diverse group of cancers of immune system cells. ...
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