efalizumab

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From [Term?] +‎ -li- (immunomodulating) +‎ -zumab (humanized monoclonal antibody).

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Noun[edit]

efalizumab (uncountable)

  1. (pharmacology) A recombinant humanized monoclonal antibody, formerly available to treat autoimmune diseases, especially psoriasis, by binding CD11a of lymphocyte function-associated antigen 1, and associated with fatal brain infections.

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