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rituximab

/ɹɪˈtʌk.sɪˌmæb/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.00 in modern English

Syllables
rit-ux-imab
IPA
/ɹɪˈtʌk.sɪˌmæb/
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A chimeric monoclonal antibody (trademark Rituxan) administered by intravenous injection especially to treat non-Hodgkin lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia by binding to the protein CD20 found on the surface of B cells and causing their lysis.

Uncountable

Etymology

From [Term?] + -tu- (“tumor”) + -ximab (“chimeric monoclonal antibody”).

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ɹɪˈtʌk.sɪˌmæb/

Usage

Inflected Forms

rituximabs (plural) IDEC-C2B8 (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce rituximab?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɹɪˈtʌk.sɪˌmæb/.
What does rituximab mean?
A chimeric monoclonal antibody (trademark Rituxan) administered by intravenous injection especially to treat non-Hodgkin lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia by binding to the protein CD20 found on the surface of B cells and causing their lysis.
Where does rituximab come from?
From [Term?] + -tu- (“tumor”) + -ximab (“chimeric monoclonal antibody”).

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