hybridoma

hybridoma
noun
a hybrid cell resulting from the fusion of a lymphocyte and a tumor cell; used to culture a specific monoclonal antibody
Hypernyms: ↑somatic cell, ↑vegetative cell

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\\ˌhī(ˌ)bridˈōmə\ noun (-s)
Etymology: New Latin, from English hybrid + New Latin -oma
: a hybrid cell produced by the fusion of an antibody-producing lymphocyte with a tumor cell and used to continuously culture a specific monoclonal antibody

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/huy'bri doh"meuh/, n., pl. hybridomas. Biotech.
a hybrid cell made in the laboratory by fusing a normal cell with a cancer cell, usu. a myeloma or lymphoma, in order to combine desired features of each, as the ability of the cancer cell to multiply rapidly with the ability of the normal cell to dictate the production of a specific antibody. Cf. monoclonal antibody.
[1975-80; HYBRID + -OMA]

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hybridōˈma noun
A hybrid cell produced from a cancer cell and an antibody-producing cell
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