Medical term:

plasmacytoid

plas·ma cell

an ovoid cell with an eccentric nucleus; the cytoplasm is strongly basophilic because of the abundant RNA in its endoplasmic reticulum; plasma cells are derived from B lymphocytes and are active in the formation and secretion of antibodies.

Synonym(s): plasmacyte

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plasma cell

Any of the antibody-secreting cells found in lymphoid tissue and derived from B cells upon lymphokine stimulation and reaction with a specific antigen. Also called plasmacyte.

plas·ma cell

(plaz'mă sel)

An ovoid cell with an eccentric nucleus having chromatin arranged like a clock face or spokes of a wheel; the cytoplasm is strongly basophilic because of the abundant RNA in its endoplasmic reticulum; plasma cells are derived from B lymphocytes and are active in the formation of antibodies.
Synonym(s): plasmacyte.

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plasma cell

One of a number of large oval cells, cloned from a selected B LYMPHOCYTE, that synthesize large quantities of the required IMMUNOGLOBULIN (antibody).

Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005

Plasma cell

Type of white blood cell that produces antibodies; derived from an antigen-specific B-cell.

Mentioned in: Multiple Myeloma, Waldenström's Macroglobulinemia

plas·ma cell

(plaz'mă sel)

Ovoid cell with an eccentric nucleus; derived from B lymphocytes and active in formation and secretion of antibodies.

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