killer t cell | sense examples, Usage and Definition from wordnet dictionary online

Noun killer t cell has 1 sense

killer T cell, killer cell, cytotoxic T cell, CD8 T cell, CD8 cell - T cell with CD8 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and binds to the infected cell and kill it
--₁ is a kind of T cell, T lymphocyte