mab

plural mabs

1. obsoleteA slattern.
2. obsoleteA cab; a hackney.

present singular third person mabs · participle present mabbing · participle past mabbed · past mabbed

1. obsoleteTo dress untidily.

plural MAbs · alternative mAb · alternative moAb

1. abbreviationAbbreviation of m(onoclonal) a(nti)b(ody).

1. astronomyA moon of Uranus
2. A female given name, related to Maeve.

   "Good-bye, Mab," said Mr. Ford, stretching out his arm, and gathering her to his heart. "Good-bye, darling - you will think of the old man, eh?" Tears and kisses were Mab's only reply.

   1864, Julia Kavanagh, Queen Mab, page 162

   1 more example

   “Consider,” Mab said, “that I have done something for her that you never could have.” “What's that, exactly?” “I have put her beyond the reach of the White Council and their Wardens,” Mab said, again […]

   2012 November 27, Jim Butcher, Cold Days, Penguin, →ISBN

plural mAbs

1. abbreviationAbbreviation of monoclonal antibody.

   Clinicians in the United States relied strongly on the use of two monoclonal antibody (mAbs) treatments for COVID-19, even after they were deauthorized by the Food and Drug Administration, according to a new study.

   2022 January 9, Alicia Lasek, “Use of deauthorized COVID antibody treatments widespread in early 2022: study”, in McKnight's Long-Term Care News

   Synonyms: moAb