Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A granular cell in connective tissue. Also plasma-corpuscle.

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Examples

  • Park SS, Kim JS, Tessarollo L, Owens JD, Peng L, et al. (2005) Insertion of c-Myc into Igh induces B-cell and plasma-cell neoplasms in mice.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Silke H. Raffegerst et al. 2009

  • He doesn't attribute this to loss by urination, which would suggest a plasma-cell cancer called multiple myeloma, or loss by defecation, which would implicate his pancreatic cancer history, "Keim speculates with abandon.

    MacDailyNews 2009

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