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alirocumab

US/ˌæl.ɪˈɹɑk.jəˌmæb/

alirocumab noun: a human monoclonal antibody used to treat high cholesterol.

Noun

alirocumab (uncountable)

  1. A human monoclonal antibody used to treat high cholesterol.
    • Praluent, also known as alirocumab, was endorsed last month by outside advisers to the Food and Drug Administration .2015 July 24, Andrew Pollack, “New Drug Sharply Lowers Cholesterol, but It’s Costly”, in New York Times

Origin of alirocumab

From [Term?] + -c- (“cardiovascular”) + -umab (“human monoclonal antibody”).

Questions about alirocumab

What does alirocumab mean?
Alirocumab means a human monoclonal antibody used to treat high cholesterol.
What part of speech is alirocumab?
Alirocumab is a noun.
How do you pronounce alirocumab?
Alirocumab is pronounced /ˌæl.ɪˈɹɑk.jəˌmæb/ (US).

Words near alirocumab in the dictionary

  1. aliquotted
  2. aliquotting
  3. Alirajpur
  4. Alire
  5. Alires
  6. alirocumab
  7. ALIS
  8. Alisa
  9. alisanders
  10. aliseptal
  11. alisertib

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