helper cell

1. 1.

   T cell with CD4 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and secretes lymphokines that stimulate B cells and killer T cells; helper T cells are infected and killed by the AIDS virus

   Synonymshelper T cellCD4 T cellCD4 cell

   BroaderT cell

Questions about helper cell

What does helper cell mean?

helper cell means "T cell with CD4 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and secretes lymphokines that stimulate B cells and killer T cells; helper T cells are infected and killed by the AIDS virus".

What is another word for helper cell?

Close synonyms include helper T cell, CD4 T cell, CD4 cell. 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 helper cell a common word?

helper cell 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.