cytotoxic t cell

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

cytotoxic T cell
    n 1: T cell with CD8 receptor that recognizes antigens on the
         surface of a virus-infected cell and binds to the infected
         cell and kill it [syn: {killer T cell}, {killer cell},
         {cytotoxic T cell}, {CD8 T cell}, {CD8 cell}]