leukocyte mediated cytotoxicity
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0001909
The directed killing of a target cell by a leukocyte. [ GOC:add http://openisbn.com/search.php?q=0781735149&isbn=1/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11911826 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go/references/0000022 ]
Synonyms: immune cell mediated cell killing, leucocyte mediated cytotoxicity, immune cell mediated cytotoxicity, immune cell mediated cell death
Term info
Note that this term and its children describe contact-dependent killing of target cells by lymphocytes and myeloid cells of the immune system.
biological_process
GO:0001909