Where does “rituximab” come from?

rituximab (English) comes from English -ximab, from English -mab, from English mab — A slattern; To dress untidily.

rituximab (English): A chimeric monoclonal antibody (trademark Rituxan) administered by intravenous injection especially to treat non-Hodgkin lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia by binding to the protein CD20 found on the surface of B cells and causing their lysis

Definitions

  1. A chimeric monoclonal antibody (trademark Rituxan) administered by intravenous injection especially to treat non-Hodgkin lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia by binding to the protein CD20 found on the surface of B cells and causing their lysis

Ancestry of “rituximab”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-ximabUsed to form names of chimeric monoclonal...
2English-mabmonoclonal antibody
3EnglishmabA slattern; To dress untidily
Every word from English mab →Every word from English -mab →Every word from English -ximab →