Phys. [f. lympho- comb. f. LYMPH + -CYTE.]. An immature leucocyte.

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1896.  Allbutt’s Syst. Med., I. 730. He recommends subcutaneous injections of pilocarpine, in order to raise artificially the number and ratio of the lymphocytes.

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  attrib.  1902.  Brit. Med. Jrnl., 5 April, 832, note. There was … a high lymphocyte percentage.

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  Hence Lymphocytic a., of or pertaining to, or characterized by the presence of, lymphocytes.

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1896.  Allbutt’s Syst. Med., I. 730. The number of ‘neutrophile’ cells falls rapidly, while the uninuclear or lymphocytic elements increase.

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