monoclonal

[mon-uh-klohn-l]Biology

adjective

pertaining to cells or cell products derived from a single clone.

noun

a monoclonal antibody or other monoclonal product.

Origin of monoclonal

First recorded in 1910–15; mono- + clone + -al¹

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monoclonal in Medicine

monoclonal

[mŏn′ə-klō′nəl]

n.

Of or relating to a protein from a single clone of cells, all molecules of which are the same, as in the Bence-Jones protein.

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