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Vinony

hybridoma

noun

  1. hybrid cell line formed by the fusion of an antibody-producing B cell line with an immortal tumour cell line
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: 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.

  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.”