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Medical Definition of Cytotoxic t-lymphocyte
1. A type of CD8 or, less often, CD4 lymphocyte that kills diseased cells infected by a specific virus or other intracellular microbe. CTLs interact with MHC class I receptors (see Major Histocompatibility Complex). On infected cells and have the prime role in cellmediated immunity (see). Cytovene: See: Ganciclovir. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte
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