noun
Meaning 1
A plasma cell
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: immunology, medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
plasmacyte
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noun
Meaning 2
a cell that develops from a B lymphocyte in reaction to a specific antigen; found in bone marrow and sometimes in the blood
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: plasma cell
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: lymphocyte, lymph cell
Narrower terms: plasmablast
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *pláthyō Proto-Hellenic *pláťťō? Ancient Greek πλάσσω (plássō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μα (-ma) Ancient Greek πλᾰ́σμᾰ (plắsmă)der. Late Latin plasmader. English plasma Ancient Greek κῠ́τος (kŭ́tos)der. Latin cytader. English -cyte English plasmacyte From plasma + -cyte.