cytotoxic t cell cytotoxicity • cytotoxin · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · cytotoxic t cell · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 16 · · Length 6 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) T cell with CD8 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and binds to the infected cell and kill it. Synonyms: killer T cell, killer cell, cytotoxic T cell, CD8 T cell, CD8 cell. · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · killer t cell · · Synonym 1 killer cell · · Synonym 2 cd8 t cell · · Synonym 3 cd8 cell · · Synonym 4 Characters · · space U+0020 c latin small letter c U+0063 e latin small letter e U+0065 i latin small letter i U+0069 l latin small letter l U+006C o latin small letter o U+006F t latin small letter t U+0074 x latin small letter x U+0078 y latin small letter y U+0079