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tocilizumab

tocilizumab noun: a human monoclonal antibody against the interleukin-6 receptor. Used to attenuate counterproductive immune responses in certain diseases (autoimmune or infectious).

Noun

tocilizumab (uncountable)

  1. A human monoclonal antibody against the interleukin-6 receptor. Used to attenuate counterproductive immune responses in certain diseases (autoimmune or infectious).
    Synonyms:
    atlizumab

Synonyms of tocilizumab

Origin of tocilizumab

From arbitrary prefix to- + -ci- (“cardiovascular”) + -li- (“immunomodulating”) + -zumab (“humanized monoclonal antibody”).

Questions about tocilizumab

What does tocilizumab mean?
Tocilizumab means a human monoclonal antibody against the interleukin-6 receptor. Used to attenuate counterproductive immune responses in certain diseases (autoimmune or infectious).
What part of speech is tocilizumab?
Tocilizumab is a noun.

Words near tocilizumab in the dictionary

  1. tochis
  2. tochises
  3. tochitura
  4. tochus
  5. Toci
  6. tocilizumab
  7. tocino
  8. tock
  9. tockay
  10. tockays
  11. tocked

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