centroblast

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

An activated B cell that is enlarged with multiple eccentric nucleoli and proliferating in the germinal center of a secondary lymphoid follicle, after stimulation by follicular dendritic cell cytokines and helper T cells.

/ˈsɛntɹəblæst/ /-blɑːst/

centroblast centroblasts

From centro- + -blast.

centrocyte

centroblastic

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