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Tumour vs Hybridoma - What's the difference?

tumour | hybridoma |

As nouns the difference between tumour and hybridoma

is that tumour is (oncology|pathology) an abnormal growth; differential diagnosis includes abscess, metaplasia, and neoplasia while hybridoma is (immunology) a hybrid cell engineered from a lymphocyte and a tumour cell; used to generate monoclonal antibodies.

tumour

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (oncology, pathology) An abnormal growth; differential diagnosis includes abscess, metaplasia, and neoplasia.

    • Usage notes

    * * is the standard modern British and Commonwealth spelling (including Canada), and tumor is the standard American spelling.

    Derived terms

    * tumourigenesis

    hybridoma

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia hybridoma) (en noun)
  • (immunology) A hybrid cell engineered from a lymphocyte and a tumour cell; used to generate monoclonal antibodies