efalizumab

== English == === Etymology === From [Term?] +‎ -li- (“immunomodulating”) +‎ -zumab (“humanized monoclonal antibody”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === efalizumab (uncountable) (pharmacology) A recombinant humanized monoclonal antibody, formerly available to treat autoimmune diseases, especially psoriasis, by binding CD11a of lymphocyte function-associated antigen 1, and associated with fatal brain infections. ==== Synonyms ==== (trade name) Raptiva