Hybridoma
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A hybrid cell engineered from a lymphocyte and a tumour cell; used to generate monoclonal antibodies
"Athymic (nude) mice and rats were inoculated intraperitoneally with rat-mouse hybridoma cells secreting monoclonal antibodies to rat MHC class I antigens in order to improve the yield of antibodies."
- 2 a hybrid cell resulting from the fusion of a lymphocyte and a tumor cell; used to culture a specific monoclonal antibody wordnet
Example
More examples"Athymic (nude) mice and rats were inoculated intraperitoneally with rat-mouse hybridoma cells secreting monoclonal antibodies to rat MHC class I antigens in order to improve the yield of antibodies."
Etymology
From hybrid + -oma.
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