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ranibizumab

ranibizumab noun: a monoclonal antibody fragment derived from the same parent murine antibody as bevacizumab, used as an antiangiogenic.

Noun

ranibizumab (uncountable)

  1. A monoclonal antibody fragment derived from the same parent murine antibody as bevacizumab, used as an antiangiogenic.
    • Lucentis, also called ranibizumab, is approved to treat age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in the elderly.2007 January 27, Andrew Pollack, “Eye Drug Might Raise Risk of Stroke, Genentech Says”, in New York Times

Origin of ranibizumab

From [Term?] + -zumab (“humanized monoclonal antibody”).

Questions about ranibizumab

What does ranibizumab mean?
Ranibizumab means a monoclonal antibody fragment derived from the same parent murine antibody as bevacizumab, used as an antiangiogenic.
What part of speech is ranibizumab?
Ranibizumab is a noun.

Words near ranibizumab in the dictionary

  1. Rangunia Upazila
  2. rangy
  3. Ranhofer
  4. Ranhofers
  5. rani
  6. ranibizumab
  7. ranicide
  8. ranicipitid
  9. ranicipitids
  10. ranid
  11. ranidaphobia

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