antibody vs monoclonal

monoclonal vs antibody

antibody and monoclonal both are nouns.

antibody is not an adjective while monoclonal is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
antibody	Yes	No	No	No
monoclonal	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, monoclonal is a hyponym of antibody; that is, monoclonal is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than antibody:

antibody: any of a large variety of proteins normally present in the body or produced in response to an antigen which it neutralizes, thus producing an immune response
monoclonal: any of a class of antibodies produced in the laboratory by a single clone of cells or a cell line and consisting of identical antibody molecules

Other hyponyms of antibody include autoantibody, precipitin, ABO antibodies, Rh antibody, antitoxin, agglutinin, Forssman antibody, heterophil antibody, heterophile antibody, alloantibody, isoantibody, monoclonal antibody, opsonin, Ig, immune gamma globulin, immune globulin, immune serum globulin, immunoglobulin, antiphospholipid antibody, amboceptor, anaphylactic antibody, cytophilic antibody, cytotropic antibody, heteroclitic antibody.

antibody (noun)	monoclonal (noun)
any of a large variety of proteins normally present in the body or produced in response to an antigen which it neutralizes, thus producing an immune response	any of a class of antibodies produced in the laboratory by a single clone of cells or a cell line and consisting of identical antibody molecules

antibody (adjective)	monoclonal (adjective)
	forming or derived from a single clone

Difference between antibody and monoclonal

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