monoclonal gammopathy

noun

plural monoclonal gammopathies

Definition of monoclonal gammopathy

: any of various disorders marked by proliferation of a single, abnormal clone of a plasma cell or B cell especially in the bone marrow resulting in an abnormal increase of monoclonal antibody in the blood serum and urine and that include both benign or asymptomatic conditions and neoplastic conditions (such as multiple myeloma)

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monoclonal gammopathy

noun

Medical Definition of monoclonal gammopathy

: any of various disorders marked by proliferation of a single clone of antibody-producing lymphoid cells resulting in an abnormal increase of a monoclonal antibody in the blood serum and urine and that include both benign or asymptomatic conditions and neoplastic conditions (as multiple myeloma and Waldenström's macroglobulinemia)

— called also plasma cell dyscrasia

— see m protein sense 2