ranibizumab

English

Etymology

From [Term?] +‎ -zumab (“humanized monoclonal antibody”).

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Noun

ranibizumab (uncountable)

1. (pharmacology) A monoclonal antibody fragment derived from the same parent murine antibody as bevacizumab, used as an antiangiogenic.
   • 2007 January 27, Andrew Pollack, “Eye Drug Might Raise Risk of Stroke, Genentech Says”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Lucentis, also called ranibizumab, is approved to treat age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in the elderly.