plasma cell

noun

: a lymphocyte that is a mature antibody-secreting B cell

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Your immune system forms memory cells to remember what to do with each thing and plasma cells to quickly secrete antibodies specifically against things that were recognized as bad. Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025 Measles targets cells in the body, such as plasma cells and memory cells, that contain those immunologic memories, destroying some of them in the process. Akshay Syal, M.d., NBC News, 12 Mar. 2025 Multiple myeloma is a rare type of blood cancer that starts in your plasma cells. Carrie Madormo, Rn, Health, 21 Feb. 2025 Multiple myeloma is a type of blood cancer that forms in plasma cells, white blood cells that produce infection-fighting antibodies.1 Multiple myeloma is not hereditary, meaning it is not passed down through families. Lindsay Curtis, Health, 14 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for plasma cell

Word History

First Known Use

1895, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of plasma cell was in 1895

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“Plasma cell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plasma%20cell. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.

Medical Definition

plasma cell

noun
: a lymphocyte that is a mature antibody-secreting B cell

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