b lymphocyte
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1. 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 (noun.body)
| hypernym | : | lymph cell, lymphocyte, |
| definition | : | an agranulocytic leukocyte that normally makes up a quarter of the white blood cell count but increases in the presence of infection (noun.body) |
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