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  1. Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte
  2. A lymphocyte involved in cell-mediated immunity.  Cytotoxic T cells monitor the cells of the body and become activated by encountering cells with abnormal surface antigens.  Once activated, the cytotoxic T cell destroys the abnormal cell.