A white blood cell (a type of lymphocyte) which destroys infected or cancerous cells.
〔生理〕（杀死感染细胞或癌细胞的）杀伤细胞（一种白血球，为淋巴细胞的一种）
Example sentencesExamples
Natural killer cells are continually poised to attack if a virus strikes.
So they basically give out signals to an infantry, which in this case would be the killer cells that engage the virus in infected individuals, and help to set up this co-ordinated defence.
Researchers believe that gray cells may be a primitive form of our immune system's human killer cells.
The thinking which lies behind much of the new work is that killer cells in the immune system can be trained to attack malignant tumours when they wouldn't otherwise.
The metaphors used for cancer are often military terms such as war on cancer, killer cells, magic bullets, and the need for patients to adopt a fighting spirit.
Definition of killer cell in US English:
killer cell
nounˈkɪlər sɛl
Physiology
A white blood cell (a type of lymphocyte) which destroys infected or cancerous cells.
〔生理〕（杀死感染细胞或癌细胞的）杀伤细胞（一种白血球，为淋巴细胞的一种）
Example sentencesExamples
Researchers believe that gray cells may be a primitive form of our immune system's human killer cells.
So they basically give out signals to an infantry, which in this case would be the killer cells that engage the virus in infected individuals, and help to set up this co-ordinated defence.
The metaphors used for cancer are often military terms such as war on cancer, killer cells, magic bullets, and the need for patients to adopt a fighting spirit.
The thinking which lies behind much of the new work is that killer cells in the immune system can be trained to attack malignant tumours when they wouldn't otherwise.
Natural killer cells are continually poised to attack if a virus strikes.