PLASMACYTE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

plasma cell; plasmacyte

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("plasmacyte" is a kind of...):

lymph cell; lymphocyte (an agranulocytic leukocyte that normally makes up a quarter of the white blood cell count but increases in the presence of infection)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "plasmacyte"):

plasmablast (the precursor of a plasma cell)

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