plasma cell

noun

a type of white blood cell that produces antibodies, formed when a B cell interacts with an antigen
often called plasmacyte

See plasma cell in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
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.

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