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PLASMABLAST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does plasmablast mean?
• PLASMABLAST (noun)
The noun PLASMABLAST has 1 sense:
1. the precursor of a plasma cell
Familiarity information: PLASMABLAST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The precursor of a plasma cell
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("plasmablast" is a kind of...):
plasma cell; plasmacyte (a cell that develops from a B lymphocyte in reaction to a specific antigen; found in bone marrow and sometimes in the blood)
Context examples
It is characterized by the presence of human herpes virus 8-infected large B-lymphocytes that resemble plasmablasts.
(Large B-Cell Lymphoma Arising in Human Herpes Virus 8-Associated Multicentric Castleman Disease, NCI Thesaurus)
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