Bence Jones protein

noun

A monoclonal immunoglobulin light chain originally found in the urine, detection of which may be suggestive of multiple myeloma or Waldenström's macroglobulinemia.

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Meanings

noun

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  1. A monoclonal immunoglobulin light chain originally found in the urine, detection of which may be suggestive of multiple myeloma or Waldenström's macroglobulinemia.

Origin

Described by the English physician Henry Bence Jones in 1847 and published in 1848.

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