accessory cell

noun

Immunology. any of various cells of the immune system that work with T or B cells to initiate a specific immune response.
Also called subsidiary cell. Botany. a plant epidermal cell associated with guard cells and different morphologically from other epidermal cells.

Origin of accessory cell

First recorded in 1830–35

Words nearby accessory cell

accessorize, accessory, accessory adrenal, accessory apartment, accessory bud, accessory cell, accessory cephalic vein, accessory chromosome, accessory fruit, accessory gland, accessory hemiazygos vein

Scientific definitions for accessory cell

accessory cell

See subsidiary cell.