Any apoptotic process in a lymphocyte, a leukocyte commonly found in the blood and lymph that has the characteristics of a large nucleus, a neutral staining cytoplasm, and prominent heterochromatin. [ GOC:mtg_apoptosis GOC:add https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0781765196 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0000542 ]
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Note that a lymphocyte is a cell of the B cell, T cell, or natural killer cell lineage (CL:0000542).