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HYBRIDOMA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A hybrid cell resulting from the fusion of a lymphocyte and a tumor cell; used to culture a specific monoclonal antibody
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("hybridoma" is a kind of...):
somatic cell; vegetative cell (any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells; a cell that does not participate in the production of gametes)