Taber's Medical Dictionary
-ximab
[from the shape of the Gr. letter chi (Χ) in chimera as if it were a Latin “X” + m(onoclonal) a(nti)b(ody) ]
A suffix for chimeric monoclonal antibody. Antibodies made from -ximabs usually elicit a neutralizing antibody response in a patient who receives them.
SEE: -zumab
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "-ximab." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/755624/all/_ximab.
-ximab. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/755624/all/_ximab. Accessed April 15, 2025.
-ximab. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/755624/all/_ximab
-ximab [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 April 15]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/755624/all/_ximab.
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