| 1. | Also called B lymphocyte. a type of lymphocyte, developed in bone marrow, that circulates in the blood and lymph and, upon encountering a particular foreign antigen, differentiates into a clone of plasma cells that secrete a specific antibody and a clone of memory cells that make the antibody on subsequent encounters. |
| 2. | Also called beta cell. a cell in the islet of Langerhans that produces and secretes insulin. |
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B cell n.
See beta cell.
A type of lymphocyte that, when stimulated by a particular antigen, differentiates into plasma cells that synthesize the antibodies that circulate in the blood and react with the specific antigens. Also called B lymphocyte.
beta cell n.
Any of the basophilic chromophil cells located in the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland.
Any of the insulin-producing cells of the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas. Also called B cell.