cluster of differentiation 4

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

   “CD4 is a receptor for HIV in humans”

   SynonymsCD4

   Broaderglycoprotein

Questions about cluster of differentiation 4

What does cluster of differentiation 4 mean?

cluster of differentiation 4 means "a glycoprotein that is found primarily on the surface of helper T cells".

What is another word for cluster of differentiation 4?

Close synonyms include CD4. 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 cluster of differentiation 4 a common word?

cluster of differentiation 4 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.