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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

-umab en · X

Pronunciation

  • /əm.æb/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /əˌmæb/ (General-American)
  • /jʊm.æb/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /jəˌmæb/ (General-American)

Etymology

From hu(man) + -mab (“monoclonal antibody”).

Meanings

  1. (morpheme) Used to form names of monoclonal antibodies derived from a human source.

Relateds

-mab is the base suffix common to all monoclonal antibodies