Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun b_cell

1 sense of b cell

Sense 1
B cell, 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)
       => lymphocyte, lymph cell -- (an agranulocytic leukocyte that normally makes up a quarter of the white blood cell count but increases in the presence of infection)