National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 23, 2024
Preferred Name

Large Granular Lymphocyte
Synonyms

Large Granular Lymphocyte

large granular lymphocyte

Large Granular Lymphocytes

LGL

Definitions

A population of large-sized lymphocytes found in human peripheral blood with slightly eccentric nuclei and abundant cytoplasmic azurophilic granules. This population of cells can be comprised of normal natural killer (NK) cells.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C12921

ALT_DEFINITION

A type of white blood cell that contains granules with enzymes that can kill tumor cells or microbial cells.

code

C12921

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C142799

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C116977

Contributing_Source

CTRP

DEFINITION

A population of large-sized lymphocytes found in human peripheral blood with slightly eccentric nuclei and abundant cytoplasmic azurophilic granules. This population of cells can be comprised of normal natural killer (NK) cells.

Display_Name

Large Granular Lymphocyte

FULL_SYN

Large Granular Lymphocyte

large granular lymphocyte

Large Granular Lymphocytes

LGL

label

Large Granular Lymphocyte

Legacy Concept Name

Large_Granular_Lymphocyte

Preferred_Name

Large Granular Lymphocyte

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C12921

Semantic_Type

Cell

UMLS_CUI

C0427526

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C12535

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