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helper T cell definition

helper T cell

a type of T cell that helps coordinate the immune response, especially by activating B cells: the AIDS virus targets and destroys these T cells

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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