Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hybridoma

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.64 in modern English

Syllables: hy-brido-ma
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hybrid cell engineered from a lymphocyte and a tumour cell; used to generate monoclonal antibodies

Example Sentences

"Athymic (nude) mice and rats were inoculated intraperitoneally with rat-mouse hybridoma cells secreting monoclonal antibodies to rat MHC class I antigens in order to improve the yield of antibodies."

Etymology

Etymology tree English hybrid Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-oyétider.? Ancient Greek -όω (-óō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma)der. English -oma English hybridoma From hybrid + -oma.

Inflected Forms

hybridomas (plural) hybridomata (plural)

Derived Forms

heterohybridoma

Questions

What does hybridoma mean?: A hybrid cell engineered from a lymphocyte and a tumour cell; used to generate monoclonal antibodies
Where does hybridoma come from?: Etymology tree English hybrid Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-oyétider.? Ancient Greek -όω (-óō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma)der. English -oma English hybridoma From hybrid + -oma.

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