B cell

• B-cell (especially when used in attributive position)

From b(ursa) + cell.

B cell (plural B cells)

1. (immunology) A lymphocyte, developed in the bursa of birds and the bone marrow of other animals, that produces antibodies and is co-responsible for the immune system.
   • 2011, Terence Allen, Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, page 89:

     Mature B cells produce complex proteins called immunoglobins which combine to form antibodies, each capable of binding to a specific molecular structure.

• B lymphocyte, bursacyte

• leucocyte = leukocyte = white blood cell = WBC > agranulocyte > lymphocyte

• memory B cell, plasma cell = plasmacyte = plasmocyte

• natural killer cell, T cell

• diffuse large B-cell lymphoma