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noun
A hybrid cell engineered from a lymphocyte and a tumour cell; used to generate monoclonal antibodies
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: immunology, medicine, sciences
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noun
a hybrid cell resulting from the fusion of a lymphocyte and a tumor cell; used to culture a specific monoclonal antibody
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: somatic cell, vegetative cell
History
Etymology tree English hybrid Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-oyétider.? Ancient Greek -όω (-óō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma)der. English -oma English hybridoma From hybrid + -oma.
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