hybridoma

(hī′bri dō)

noun

a tissue culture consisting of cancer cells fused to lymphocytes to mass-produce a specific antibody

Origin: hybrid + (myel)oma

See hybridoma in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A cell that is produced in the laboratory from the fusion of an antibody-producing lymphocyte and a nonantibody-producing cancer cell, usually a myeloma or lymphoma. It proliferates and produces a continuous supply of a specific monoclonal antibody.

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