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. Abbreviation: MAb
Origin of monoclonal antibody
First recorded in 1970–75
Words nearby monoclonal antibody
monoclinal,
monocline,
monoclinic,
monoclinous,
monoclonal,
monoclonal antibody,
monoclonality,
monocoque,
monocot,
monocotyledon,
monocotyledonous
British Dictionary definitions for monoclonal antibody
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
Medical definitions for monoclonal antibody
monoclonal antibody
n.
Any of a class of highly specific antibodies produced by the clones of a single hybrid cell formed in the laboratory by the fusion of a B cell with a tumor cell and widely used in medical and biological research.