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Definition of Plasmacytoma

1. Noun. Neoplasm of plasma cells (usually in bone marrow).

Definition of Plasmacytoma

1. Noun. (pathology) A malignant tumour of plasmacytes ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Plasmacytoma

1. Malignant tumour of plasma cells, very similar to a myeloma (plasmacytomas usually develop into multiple myeloma). Can easily be induced in rodents by the injection of complete Freund's adjuvant. Plasmacytoma cells are fused with primed lymphocytes in the production of monoclonal antibodies. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Plasmacytoma

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1915)
"A CASE OF plasmacytoma DR. EMIL RIES demonstrated three sections from a case of plasmacytoma of the ovary. CARCINOMATOUS RIGHT INTERNAL ILIAC GLAND DR. ..."

2. Mammalian Models for Research on Aging by Bennett J. Cohen, Institute Of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council Staff (1981)
"... leiomyoma Ovarian dysgerminoma Uterine carcinoma plasmacytoma Prostatic adenoma Nonneoplastic Lesions Pancreatic islet cell hypertrophy Pancreatic cell ..."

3. Manual of Microbiologic Monitoring of Laboratory Animals edited by Kim Waggie (1994)
"Michaelides MC, Schlesinger S. Effect of acute or chronic infection with lactic dehydrogenase virus (LDV) on the susceptibility of mice to plasmacytoma ..."

4. General Pathology: An Introduction to the Study of Medicine, Being a by Horst Oertel (1921)
"A rare type of the myeloma is the plasmacytoma, in which the growth consists almost entirely of large plasma cells. Contrasted to the myeloma is the diffuse ..."

5. General Pathology: An Introduction to the Study of Medicine, Being a by Horst Oertel (1921)
"A rare type of the myeloma is the plasmacytoma, in which the growth consists almost entirely of large plasma cells. Contrasted to the myeloma is the diffuse ..."

6. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1915)
"A CASE OF plasmacytoma DR. EMIL RIES demonstrated three sections from a case of plasmacytoma of the ovary. CARCINOMATOUS RIGHT INTERNAL ILIAC GLAND DR. ..."

7. Mammalian Models for Research on Aging by Bennett J. Cohen, Institute Of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council Staff (1981)
"... leiomyoma Ovarian dysgerminoma Uterine carcinoma plasmacytoma Prostatic adenoma Nonneoplastic Lesions Pancreatic islet cell hypertrophy Pancreatic cell ..."

8. Manual of Microbiologic Monitoring of Laboratory Animals edited by Kim Waggie (1994)
"Michaelides MC, Schlesinger S. Effect of acute or chronic infection with lactic dehydrogenase virus (LDV) on the susceptibility of mice to plasmacytoma ..."

9. General Pathology: An Introduction to the Study of Medicine, Being a by Horst Oertel (1921)
"A rare type of the myeloma is the plasmacytoma, in which the growth consists almost entirely of large plasma cells. Contrasted to the myeloma is the diffuse ..."

10. General Pathology: An Introduction to the Study of Medicine, Being a by Horst Oertel (1921)
"A rare type of the myeloma is the plasmacytoma, in which the growth consists almost entirely of large plasma cells. Contrasted to the myeloma is the diffuse ..."

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