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NK cell

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-005857

A type of immune cell that has granules (small particles) with enzymes that can kill tumor cells or cells infected with a virus. An NK cell is a type of white blood cell. Also called natural killer cell and NK-LGL.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-005857
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Synonymsnatural killer cell; NK-LGL
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-005857",
  "term": "NK cell",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A type of immune cell that has granules (small particles) with enzymes that can kill tumor cells or cells infected with a virus. An NK cell is a type of white blood cell. Also called natural killer cell and NK-LGL.",
  "synonyms": [
    "natural killer cell",
    "NK-LGL"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/nk-cell/"
}

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