B lymphocyte

B lymphocyte

also B-lym·pho·cyte  (bē′lĭm′fə-sīt′)

n.

See B cell.

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B cell

n.

1. Also called B lymphocyte. a type of white blood cell that circulates in the blood and lymph and produces antibody upon encountering any antigen that has a molecular arrangement complementary to the antibody.

2. beta cell.

[1970–75]

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Noun

1.

B lymphocyte - 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 B cell lymph cell, lymphocyte - an agranulocytic leukocyte that normally makes up a quarter of the white blood cell count but increases in the presence of infection

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