CD8

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Initialism of cluster of differentiation type 8.

Noun[edit]

CD8 (countable and uncountable, plural CD8s)

  1. (countable, uncountable, immunology) A glycoprotein found on the surface of cytotoxic T cells and several other types of immune cells.
  2. (countable, immunology) A CD8+ cytotoxic T cell.

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