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From tisa- (unique name) + -gen- (“transfer of genetic material (transduced)”) + -lec- (“selection and enrichment manipulation”) + -leu- (“leukocytes”) + -cel (“cellular therapy”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
tisagenlecleucel
Today it means: An anti-CD19 CAR-T cell therapy used in the treatment of haematological malignancies. Full definition →