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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of the lymphocytes that when stimulated by a particular antigen differentiate into plasma cells and that in mammals mature in the bone marrow.
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- noun immunology A
lymphocyte , developed in thebursa of birds and thebone marrow of other animals, that producesantibodies and is responsible for theimmune system .
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- noun a lymphocyte derived from bone marrow that provides humoral immunity; it recognizes free antigen molecules in solution and matures into plasma cells that secrete immunoglobulin (antibodies) that inactivate the antigens
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[b(ursa-dependent) cell, after the bursa of Fabricius, a gland in birds where the cells mature and the first such tissue found in vertebrates.]
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From b(ursa) + cell.
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