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mon⋅o⋅clo⋅nal

[mon-uh-klohn-l] Biology
–adjective
1. pertaining to cells or cell products derived from a single clone.
–noun
2. a monoclonal antibody or other monoclonal product.

Origin:
1910–15; mono- + clone + -al 1
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mon·o·clo·nal   (mŏn'ə-klō'nəl)   
adj.  Of, forming, or derived from a single clone: a monoclonal population of tumor cells.
n.  A monoclonal product, especially a monoclonal antibody.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1mono·clo·nal
Pronunciation: "män-&-'klOn-&l
Function: adjective
: produced by, being, orcomposed of cells derived from a single cell monoclonal tumor>; especially : relating to or being an antibody derived from a single cell in large quantities for useagainst a specific antigen (as a cancer cell)

Main Entry: 2monoclonal
Function: noun
: a monoclonal antibody
Medical Dictionary

monoclonal mon·o·clo·nal (mŏn'ə-klō'nəl)
n.
Of or relating to a protein from a single clone of cells, all molecules of which are the same, as in the Bence-Jones protein.

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