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polyclonal

polyclonal adjective: descended from more than one small group of cells, especially ones of different genetic origin.

Adjective

polyclonal (comparative more polyclonal, superlative most polyclonal)

  1. descended from more than one small group of cells, especially ones of different genetic origin

Noun

polyclonal (plural polyclonals)

  1. Synonym of polyclonal antibody.

Synonyms of polyclonal

Forms of polyclonal

Adjective
comparativemore polyclonal
superlativemost polyclonal
Noun
pluralpolyclonals

Origin of polyclonal

From poly- + clonal.

Words formed from polyclonal

Phrases with polyclonal

Questions about polyclonal

What does polyclonal mean?
Polyclonal means descended from more than one small group of cells, especially ones of different genetic origin.
What part of speech is polyclonal?
Polyclonal can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near polyclonal in the dictionary

  1. polyclinical
  2. polyclinics
  3. polyclinid
  4. polyclinids
  5. Polyclitus
  6. polyclonal
  7. polyclonal antibodies
  8. polyclonal antibody
  9. polyclonalities
  10. polyclonality
  11. polyclonally

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