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patritumab

patritumab noun: a human monoclonal antibody designed for the treatment of cancer.

Noun

patritumab (uncountable)

  1. A human monoclonal antibody designed for the treatment of cancer
    • For example, it has been demonstrated that cells overexpressing heregulin are sensitive to a combination of cetuximab and patritumab, an antibody against HER3, even though each antibody on its own is ineffective [18 ].2015 November 17, “Combined Analysis of Plasma Amphiregulin and Heregulin Predicts Response to Cetuximab in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of patritumab

From -tu- (“tumor”) + -umab (“human monoclonal antibody”).

Questions about patritumab

What does patritumab mean?
Patritumab means a human monoclonal antibody designed for the treatment of cancer.
What part of speech is patritumab?
Patritumab is a noun.

Words near patritumab in the dictionary

  1. patristocrat
  2. patristocrats
  3. patrists
  4. patritian
  5. patritians
  6. patritumab
  7. patrivirilocal
  8. patrix
  9. Patrixbourne
  10. patro-
  11. Patrochilles

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