Definition of polyclonal in English:
polyclonal
adjective ˌpɒlɪˈkləʊn(ə)lˌpälēˈklōnl
Biology Medicine Consisting of or derived from many clones.
Example sentencesExamples
- Whether polyclonal proliferations progress to monoclonal lymphomas has not been proven.
- One should note whether the antibody is polyclonal or monoclonal and also the species and isotype of the primary antibody.
- In addition, it is possible to use an animal polyclonal antiserum for capture and a human IgE antibody containing serum for detection.
- Most of these analytes are measured by immunoassays using monoclonal or polyclonal antibodies.
- We applied the model to several different T-cell clones and to a polyclonal cell line representative of a subpopulation present in blood.