A long-lived, antigen-experienced T cell that has acquired a memory phenotype including distinct surface markers and the ability to differentiate into an effector T cell upon antigen reexposure. [ GOC:add http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go/references/0000031 https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0781735149 GOC:tfm GOC:pam ]
Synonyms: memory T lymphocyte memory T-lymphocyte memory T-cell
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- mature T cell and bearer of some increased life span and output of some T cell activation involved in immune response and output of some memory T cell differentiation