plasma cell
101myeloma cell — Neoplastic plasma cell. The proliferating plasma cells often replace all the others within the marrow, leading to immune deficiency, and frequently there is destruction of the bone cortex. Because they are monoclonal in origin they secrete a… …
102lymph cell — noun an agranulocytic leukocyte that normally makes up a quarter of the white blood cell count but increases in the presence of infection • Syn: ↑lymphocyte • Derivationally related forms: ↑lymphocytic (for: ↑lymphocyte) • Hypernyms: ↑ …
103blast cell — A large, rapidly dividing cell that develops from a B cell in response to an antigenic stimulus. The blast cell then becomes an antibody producing plasma cell …
104myeloma cell — (mi e lo mah) A tumor cell that is similar to the cell type found in bone marrow. Also, a malignant, neoplastic plasma cell that produces large quantities of antibodies and can be readily cultivated …
105B-cell — (also known as a B lymphocyte) A type of lymphocyte derived from bone marrow stem cells that matures into an immunologically competent cell under the influence of the bursa of Fabricius in the chicken and bone marrow in nonavian species.… …
106TÑŒrk cell — a nongranular, mononuclear cell displaying morphologic characteristics of both an atypical lymphocyte and a plasma cell, observed in the peripheral blood during severe anemias, chronic infections, and leukemoid reactions …
107antibody-producing cell — A lymphocyte of the B series synthesizing and releasing immunoglobulin. Equivalent to plasmacyte and plasma cell …
108Mott cell — an abnormal plasma cell that contains Mott bodies or Russell bodies, seen in multiple myeloma and in the brain in late stages of African trypanosomiasis …
109sickle cell anemia — Synonyms and related words: Christmas disease, Hand Schuller Christian disease, Hartnup disease, Letterer Siwe syndrome, Werdnig Hoffmann disease, achromatic vision, acute leukemia, albinism, anemia, angiohemophilia, aplastic anemia, chronic… …
110Blood plasma — Plasma Plas ma, n. [See {Plasm}.] 1. (Min.) A variety of quartz, of a color between grass green and leek green, which is found associated with common chalcedony. It was much esteemed by the ancients for making engraved ornaments. [1913 Webster] 2 …
