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Medical Definition of Antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity

Antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity: An immune response in which antibody, by coating target cells, makes them vulnerable to attack by immune cells.

Antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity is commonly abbreviated ADCC.

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