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Large granular lymphocyte
Pronunciation
Definition 1
A type of white blood cell that contains granules with enzymes that can kill tumor cells or microbial cells. (NCI Dictionary)
Definition 2
A population of large-sized lymphocytes found in human peripheral blood with slightly eccentric nuclei and abundant cytoplasmic azurophilic granules. This population of cells can be comprised of normal natural killer (NK) cells. (NCI Thesaurus)
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