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-ximab

suffix
/ksɪ.mæb/

Etymology

From -xi- (alteration of chimeric) + -mab (“monoclonal antibody”), with the x reflecting both the Greek etymology and the idea of crossed/mixed cell lines.

  1. derived from Chimäre
  2. derived from *ǵʰey-✻
  3. derived from Χίμαιρα
  4. derived from Chimaera
  5. derived from chimère
  6. inherited from chimere
  7. suffixed as chimeric — “chimera + ic”
  8. formed as -ximab — “chimeric + -mab”

Definitions

  1. Used to form names of chimeric monoclonal antibodies, derived from both human and murine…

    Used to form names of chimeric monoclonal antibodies, derived from both human and murine sources.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for -ximab. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA