| Name | lymphocyte differentiation |
| ID | GO_0030098 |
| collection_id | Biological process |
| Alternative ID | GO:0046650 |
| Exact synonym | lymphocyte cell differentiation, lymphocytic blood cell differentiation |
| Description | The process in which a relatively unspecialized precursor cell acquires specialized features of a lymphocyte. A lymphocyte is a leukocyte commonly found in the blood and lymph that has the characteristics of a large nucleus, a neutral staining cytoplasm, and prominent heterochromatin. |
| Related synonym | lymphocyte development |
| Comment | Note that immunologists typically use the word 'development' to refer to cells of B or T cell lineages undergoing the process that GO describes as 'cell differentiation'. |
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