monoclonal antibody

mon·o·clo·nal an·ti·bod·y

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Definitions of monoclonal antibody words

noun monoclonal antibody antibody produced by a laboratory-grown cell clone, either of a hybridoma or a virus-transformed lymphocyte, that is more abundant and uniform than natural antibody and is able to bind specifically to a single site on almost any chosen antigen or reveal previously unknown antigen sites: used as an analytic tool in scientific research and medical diagnosis and potentially important in the treatment of certain diseases. Abbreviation: MAb. 1
noun monoclonal antibody an antibody, produced by a single clone of cells grown in culture, that is both pure and specific and is capable of proliferating indefinitely to produce unlimited quantities of identical antibodies: used in diagnosis, therapy, and biotechnology 0
noun monoclonal antibody an antibody produced by a hybridoma for a specific antigen 0

before 1970

One of the 2% newest English words

First recorded in 1970-75

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