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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An immunologic ligand, and more specifically, not only an epitope or antigen or receptor or other binding site of the immune system but also a molecule whose binding or bonding to another (such as an antibody or receptor) is of interest for its use as an immunotherapy target or as a payload carrier in an antibody-drug conjugate.

Etymology

From immuno- + ligand.

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