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monoclonal antibody
noun
, Biotechnology.
- 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. : MAb
monoclonal antibody
/ ˌmɒnəʊˈkləʊnəl /
noun
- 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
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Word History and Origins
Origin of monoclonal antibody1
First recorded in 1970–75
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