HYBRIDOMA

hybridoma

(noun) a hybrid cell resulting from the fusion of a lymphocyte and a tumor cell; used to culture a specific monoclonal antibody

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

hybridoma (plural hybridomas)

(immunology) A hybrid cell engineered from a lymphocyte and a tumour cell; used to generate monoclonal antibodies

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

9 May 2025

RIGHT

(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”


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