1. an agranulocytic leukocyte that normally makes up a quarter of the white blood cell count but increases in the presence of infection; [syn: lymphocyte, lymph cell]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
lymphocyte
n 1: an agranulocytic leukocyte that normally makes up a quarter
of the white blood cell count but increases in the presence
of infection [syn: lymphocyte, lymph cell]