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Definition: Mast Cell |
Mast CellNoun1. A large connective tissue cell that contains histamine and heparin and serotonin which are released in allergic reactions or in response to injury or inflammation. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Mast CellSynonyms: labrocyte (n), mastocyte (n). (additional references) |
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Release of histamine from mast cells is responsible for the immediate reddening of the skin in a weal and flare response. They are very similar to basophils and are possibly derived from the same stem cells.
Two types of mast cells are now recognised, those from connective tissue and a distinct set of mucosal mast cells, the activities of the latter are T-cell dependent.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Mast cell."
Crosswords: Mast Cell |
| Specialty definitions using "mast cell": Anaphylatoxins ♦ Complement 3a ♦ Histamine Release ♦ Interleukin-10, Interleukin-4 ♦ p-Methoxy-N-methylphenethylamine. (references) |
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Health | The next time that person encounters grass pollen, the IgE-primed mast cell releases powerful chemicals that cause the wheezing, sneezing, and other symptoms of allergy. (references) | |
When an IgE antibody siting on a mast cell or basophil encounters its specific allergen, the IgE antibody signals the mast cell or basophil to release the powerful chemicals stored within its granules. (references) | ||
When administered as a nasal spray, it can safely inhibit the release of chemicals like histamine from the mast cell. It has few side effects when used as directed, and significantly helps some patients with allergies. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
mast cell tumor | 48 |
mast cell | 45 |
canine mast cell tumor | 12 |
mast cell stabilizer | 3 |
leukemia mast cell | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "mast cell"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Danish | mastcelle (mastocyte). (various references) | ||||||||||
Dutch | mestcel (mastocyte), mastocyt (mastocyte). (various references) | ||||||||||
Finnish | syöttösolu (mastocyte). (various references) | ||||||||||
French | mastocyte (mastocyte). (various references) | ||||||||||
German | Mastzelle (mastocyte), Mastozyt (mastocyte). (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | σιτευτικό κύτταρο (mastocyte), μαστοκύτταρο (mastocyte). (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | mastocita (mastocyte). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | astmay ellcay mastocito (mastocyte). (various references) | ||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-l-l-m-s-t" | |
-1 letter: callets, calmest, camlets, mallets. | |
-2 letters: callet, camels, camlet, castle, cleats, eclats, lamest, macles, mallet, mescal, metals, sallet, samlet, stella. | |
-3 letters: acmes, alecs, almes, calls, calms, camel, cames, caste, cates, cella, cells, celts, cesta, clams, clast, cleat, eclat, laces, lames, least, maces, macle, males, malls, malts, mates, meals, meats, mells, melts, metal, satem, scale. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-l-l-m-s-t" | |
+1 letter: cellmates, metallics. | |
+2 letters: collimates. | |
+3 letters: bimetallics, matchlessly, misallocate. | |
+4 letters: cosmetically, domestically, majestically, meristically, misallocated, misallocates, miscalculate, miscellanist, myeloblastic, semantically, semimetallic, smallclothes, systemically. | |
+5 letters: alchemistical, bimetallistic, circumstellar, climatologies, compellations, epistemically, isometrically, megaloblastic, miscalculated, miscalculates, miscellanists, multichannels, multispectral, multivalences, sacramentally, schematically, semipolitical, semitonically, symmetrically, telefacsimile. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 61 73 74 43 65 6C 6C |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100001 01110011 01110100 00100000 01000011 01100101 01101100 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a s t   C e l l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 0073 0074 0043 0065 006C 006C |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)47678586237717878 |
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