What does it mean?
In: Chemistry
Imagine you have a big box of Legos, and each Lego piece has a special job. Some might be for building walls, others for making windows, and some for creating special features. Drugs are kind of like Legos too, and their names help us understand what “job” they do.
Many modern drugs that end in “umab” are like special Lego pieces called **monoclonal antibodies**. These are tiny fighters made by our bodies that can target specific things like germs or bad cells, just like how Legos can be put together to make specific things.
The “umab” part of the name is like a code that tells us this is a special fighter Lego. It’s like a nickname for all these fighter Legos, so we know they work in a similar way.
So, next time you hear a drug name ending in “umab,” remember it’s like a tiny Lego fighter designed to fight a specific problem in your body!
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