樹じゅ状じょう細さい胞ぼう

noun

dendritic cell; DC

A type of immune cell with tree-like projections; technical term used in biology and medicine.

• 樹じゅ状じょう細さい胞ぼうは免めん疫えき応おう答とうにおいて重じゅう要ような役やく割わりを果はたす。

  Dendritic cells play an important role in the immune response.