n :  any of the T cells (as a helper T cell) that bear the CD4 molecular marker and become severely depleted in AIDS - called also helper-inducer T cell , 4 lymphocyte  .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  T cell  tes·la  tus·sal 
 
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