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monoclonal

[mon-uh-klohn-l]Biology
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adjective
  1. pertaining to cells or cell products derived from a single clone.
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noun
  1. monoclonal antibody
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Origin of monoclonal

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

monoclonal

(mŏn′ə-klō′nəl)
n.
  1. 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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