noun
- A hybrid cell created by fusing a B lymphocyte with a myeloma cell, used to produce monoclonal antibodies.
Usage: technical; biology; immunology
Examples
- Scientists created a hybridoma by combining an antibody-producing B cell with a cancer cell.
- Hybridomas are essential tools in modern medicine for developing targeted therapies.
- The hybridoma technology won a Nobel Prize for its revolutionary impact on immunology.
- Researchers used hybridomas to produce monoclonal antibodies against the disease.
- Each hybridoma cell line produces a single, specific type of antibody.