See Also: monoclonal(dictionary)
Monoclonal(medicine)
Monoclonal(health)
Monoclonal antibody(medicine)
antibodies, monoclonal(medicine)
Monoclonal antibodies (MAB)(health)
Monoclonal antibodies(health)
Monoclonal antibodies(medicine)
monoclonal immunoglobulin(medicine)
monoclonal protein(medicine)

Monoclonal antibodies (health) and rickettsia (iou)


Monoclonal antibodies (health)


Very pure antibodies produced artificially. Normally used in laboratory tests but have been used experimentally for treatment of some diseases.





rickettsia (iou)



rickettsia noun. , -ias. E20.
[mod. Latin Rickettsia genus name, from H. T. Ricketts (1871-1910), US pathologist + -IA1.]
Medicine & Microbiology. Any of a group of very small rod-shaped or coccoid micro-organisms that are mostly intracellular parasites in vertebrates, including the causative agents of typhus and various Other febrile diseases in humans, and are freq. transmitted by mites, ticks, or lice.
rickettsial adjective of, pertaining to, or caused by rickettsiae M20.