plasma cell

English

micrograph showing several plasma cells with their oval shape, eccentric, clock-face nucleus and paranuclear hof, formed by the paler staining Golgi complex, including multi-nucleated ones

Noun

plasma cell (plural plasma cells)

1. (immunology) A form of B cell that produces antibodies after having reacted with its specific antigen in follicle centers.

Synonyms

• plasma B cell, plasmacyte, plasmocyte, effector B cell

Translations

form of lymphocyte

• Dutch: plasmacel (nl) f
• Finnish: plasmasolu
• French: plasmocyte (fr) m
• German: Plasmazelle f
• Hungarian: plazmasejt
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• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: plazmaxane f

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• Swedish: plasmacell (sv) c