germinal centre

A form of germinal center — A site in lymph nodes and the spleen where mature B cells proliferate, differentiate, and mutate their antibody genes.

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Meanings

noungerminal centre (plural germinal centres)

plural germinal centres

  1. alternativeAlternative form of germinal center.
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