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NK cell
NK cell Naturally occurring, large, granular, lymphocyte-like killer cells that kill various tumour cells; they may play a role in resistance to tumours. Also, they participate in ADCC. They do not exhibit antigenic specificity, and their number does not increase by immunization.
SIMILAR TERMS-------------------------------------- PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS-------------------------------------- Nitroderm Used in the treatment of angina pectoris, congestive heart failure and prevention of phlebitis and extravasation, Nitroderm is a medicine produced by Novartis, the active substance being nitroglycerin. Norprolac Used in the treatment of hyperprolactinemia, Norprolac is made by Novartis. Noveril Used in the treatment of depression, Noveril is made by Novartis and consists of dibenzepin HCI. Nimotop Nimotop(nimodipine) is used for the treatment of congenital subarachnoid hemorrhage. Nortriptyline An antidepressant. NK cell Null cells An early population of lymphocytes bearing neither T-cell nor B-cell differentiation antigens. Narcissism Self-love, or self-centeredness. Narratophilia A paraphilia of the solicitational/allurative type in which sexuoerotic arousal and facilitation or attainment of orgasm are responsive to, and contingent on using words and telling stories commonly classified as dirty, pornographic or obscene, in the presence of the sexual partner. The same term is used for the reciprocal paraphilic condition, namely of being dependent on reading or listening to such material for sexuoerotic arousal. Narratophilic The condition of being responsive to, or dependent on reading or listening to erotic narratives in order to obtain erotic arousal and facilitate or achieve orgasm. Narratophilia nativistic Native to the organism; the converse of acquired or culturally induced. We thank you for using the Medical Glossary to search for NK cell. If you have a better definition for NK cell than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of NK cell may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on NK cell and any other medical topic for the public at large.
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