plasma cell meaning
Noun: plasma cell plazmu sel
- A cell that develops from a B lymphocyte in reaction to a specific antigen; found in bone marrow and sometimes in the blood
- plasmacyte
Derived forms: plasma cells
Type of: lymph cell, lymphocyte
Encyclopedia: Plasma cell
[Medicine]
Specialized forms of antibody-producing B-LYMPHOCYTES. They synthesize and secrete immunoglobulin. They are found only in lymphoid organs and at sites of immune responses and normally do not circulate in the blood or lymph. (Rosen et al.,Dictionary of Immunology,1989,p169 & Abbas et al.,Cellular and Molecular Immunology,2d ed,p20)n : a lymphocyte that is a mature antibody-secreting B cell
Examples
More: Next- however, the plasma cells are most characteristic for chronic pyelonephritis
- plasma cell disorders
- plasma cell leukemia
- plasma cell clone
- seen here is chronic endometritis with lymphocytes and plasma cells in the endometrial stroma
