plasma cell

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Definition of plasma cell in English English dictionary

Any of the antibody-secreting cells found in lymphoid tissue and derived from B cells upon lymphokine stimulation and reaction with a specific antigen. Also called plasmacyte

a lymphocyte-like cell that develops from a B lymphocyte in reaction to a specific antigen; found in bone marrow and sometimes in the blood

Related Terms

a plasma cell

plasmacyte

Hyphenation

plas·ma cell

Turkish pronunciation

pläzmı sel

Pronunciation

/ˈplazmə ˈsel/ /ˈplæzmə ˈsɛl/