HyperDic English PLASM ... plasma cell

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English 1 sense of the expression *plasma cell*:
NOUN	body	plasma cell, plasmacyte	a cell that develops from a B lymphocyte in reaction to a specific antigen

Englishplasma cell: 1 sense noun 1, body
Meaning	A cell that develops from a B lymphocyte in reaction to a specific antigen; found in bone marrow and sometimes in the blood.
Synonym	plasmacyte
Narrower	plasmablast	The precursor of a plasma cell
Broader	lymphocyte, lymph cell	An agranulocytic leukocyte that normally makes up a quarter of the white blood cell count but increases in the presence of infection
Spanish	plasmocito
Catalan	plasmòcit

HyperDicEnglishPLASM ... plasma cell