Hybridoma
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hybridoma is a noun meaning (immunology) A hybrid cell engineered from a lymphocyte and a tumour cell; used to generate monoclonal antibodies.
Meaning
(immunology) A hybrid cell engineered from a lymphocyte and a tumour cell; used to generate monoclonal antibodies.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- hybridomas
- hybridomata
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hydridoma, heterohybridoma, transfectoma, immunoblast, monoclonal, monoantibody.
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