Meanings
plural plasma cells
- immunologyA 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
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA form of B cell that produces antibodies after having reacted with its specific antigen in follicle centers.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna cell that develops from a B lymphocyte in reaction to a specific antigen; found in bone marrow and sometimes in the blood
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan cèl·lula plasmàtica
- cèl·lula plasmàticaform of lymphocyte
Chinese Mandarin 漿細胞 /浆细胞
- 漿細胞 /浆细胞 (jiāngxìbāo)form of lymphocyte
Dutch plasmacel
- plasmacelform of lymphocyte
Finnish plasmasolu
- plasmasoluform of lymphocyte
French plasmocyte
- plasmocyteform of lymphocyte
German Plasmazelle
- Plasmazelleform of lymphocyte
Hungarian plazmasejt
- plazmasejtform of lymphocyte
Indonesian sel plasma
- sel plasmaform of lymphocyte
Italian plasmacellula, plasmocita
- plasmacellulaform of lymphocyte
- plasmocitaform of lymphocyte
Japanese 形質細胞
- 形質細胞 (keishitsu saibō)form of lymphocyte
Spanish célula plasmática, plasmocito
- célula plasmáticaform of lymphocyte
- plasmocitoform of lymphocyte
Swedish plasmacell
- plasmacellform of lymphocyte
Cite this entry
plasma cell. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plasma%20cell
“plasma cell.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plasma%20cell. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “plasma cell,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plasma%20cell.
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