Medical Definition of Memory cell
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Cells of the immune system that do not respond immediately when it first encounters an antigen but facilitates the more rapid secondary response when the antigen is encountered on a subsequent occasion.
The long lasting immune memory is humoral and resides in B-cells, although it appears that persistence of the antigen may be essential. T-cell memory is shorter.
(14 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Memory Cell
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