monoclonal

1. 1.

   any of a class of antibodies produced in the laboratory by a single clone of cells or a cell line and consisting of identical antibody molecules

   Synonymsmonoclonal antibody

   Broaderantibody

   Narrowerinfliximab

1. 1.

   forming or derived from a single clone

Other forms of monoclonal

plural

monoclonals·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about monoclonal

What does monoclonal mean?

monoclonal means "any of a class of antibodies produced in the laboratory by a single clone of cells or a cell line and consisting of identical antibody molecules". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in monoclonal?

monoclonal has 4 syllables: mo-no-clo-nal. The stress falls on "clo". In IPA it is /ˌmɑnəˈkloʊnəl/.

What is another word for monoclonal?

Close synonyms include monoclonal antibody. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is monoclonal a common word?

monoclonal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.