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The cancer occurs when the plasma cells inside the bone marrow (the bones' soft inner part) mutate and begin to grow and divide uncontrollably.1
Scientists don't know exactly what causes the mutations that turn plasma cells cancerous, but certain factors may affect a person's risk.
—Carrie Madormo, Rn, Health, 17 Jan. 2025
The popular radio co-host is undergoing treatment for multiple myeloma, a cancer that affects the plasma cells in bone marrow.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 12 Jan. 2025
After the initial infection, memory B cells continue to patrol the blood and a subset differentiates into plasma cells.
—Byjon Cohen, science.org, 11 Oct. 2024
Multiple myeloma is a type of blood cancer that develops in plasma cells, a type of white blood cell in your bone marrow.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 1 Dec. 2024
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First Known Use
1895, in the meaning defined above
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“Plasma cell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plasma%20cell. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.
Medical Definition
plasma cell
noun
: a lymphocyte that is a mature antibody-secreting B cell
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