cd8

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   a membrane glycoprotein that is found primarily on the surface of cytotoxic T cells

   Synonymscluster of differentiation 8

   Broaderglycoprotein

Questions about cd8

What does cd8 mean?

cd8 means "a membrane glycoprotein that is found primarily on the surface of cytotoxic T cells".

How many syllables are in cd8?

cd8 has 1 syllable: cd8.

What is another word for cd8?

Close synonyms include cluster of differentiation 8. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cd8 a common word?

cd8 is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.