Antiangiogenic vs Ranibizumab - What's the difference?
antiangiogenic | ranibizumab |
That inhibits angiogenesis (especially when used to combat cancer).
A monoclonal antibody fragment derived from the same parent murine antibody as bevacizumab, used as an antiangiogenic.
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As nouns the difference between antiangiogenic and ranibizumab
is that antiangiogenic is any drug of this kind while ranibizumab is a monoclonal antibody fragment derived from the same parent murine antibody as bevacizumab, used as an antiangiogenic.As an adjective antiangiogenic
is that inhibits angiogenesis (especially when used to combat cancer).antiangiogenic
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Alternative forms
* anti-angiogenicAdjective
(wikipedia antiangiogenic) (en adjective)Antonyms
* proangiogenicranibizumab
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Noun
(-) (wikipedia ranibizumab)citation