polyclonal

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der.

Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús

Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor.

English poly-

English clone

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālislbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

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Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

English -al

English clonal

English polyclonal

From poly- + clonal.

Adjective

polyclonal (comparative more polyclonal, superlative most polyclonal)

1. (biology) descended from more than one small group of cells, especially ones of different genetic origin

Derived terms

• polyclonal antibody
• polyclonality
• polyclonally

Related terms

• polyclone

Translations

Translations

• Greek: πολυκλωνικός (el) (polyklonikós)

Noun

polyclonal (plural polyclonals)

1. Synonym of polyclonal antibody.