lymphocytes meaning

[Medicine]
White blood cells formed in the body's lymphoid tissue. The nucleus is round or ovoid with coarse,irregularly clumped chromatin while the cytoplasm is typically pale blue with azurophilic (if any) granules. Most lymphocytes can be classified as either T or B (with subpopulations of each); those with characteristics of neither major class are called null cells.

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1. many small lymphocytes are destroyed and germinal centres depleted.
2. it contributes to circulation of lymphocytes and other immunologic factors.
3. monocytes, neutrophils, and lymphocytes are present in same glomeruli.
4. the resting lymphocyte population has been reported largely as the b series of lymphocytes.
5. the resting lymphocyte population has been reported largely as the b series of lymphocytes.