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immune globulin

immune globulin is the alternative form of immunoglobulin.

Meaning of immunoglobulin

Noun

immunoglobulin (plural immunoglobulins)

  1. Any of the glycoproteins in blood serum that respond to invasion by foreign antigens and that protect the host by removing pathogens; an antibody.
    • The recent observation that a heat labile human immunoglobulin, IgE , could mediate the release of both histamine and SRS-Aᵐᵒⁿᵏᵉʸ from primate lung slices (Ishizaka et al., 1969), prompted a re-examination of the biologic activity of rat heat labile homocytotropic antibody.1969, Robert P. Orange, K. Frank Austen, “Slow Reacting Substance of Anaphylaxis”, in Advances in Immunology - Volume 10, page 144
    Synonyms:
    antibody, Ab
    Antonyms:
    antigen, Ag

Forms of immune globulin

pluralimmune globulins

Questions about immune globulin

What is immune globulin the alternative form of?
Immune globulin is the alternative form of immunoglobulin.

Words near immune globulin in the dictionary

  1. immune complexes
  2. immune deficiencies
  3. immune deficiency
  4. immune evasion
  5. immune evasions
  6. immune globulin
  7. immune globulins
  8. immune privilege
  9. immune reaction
  10. immune reactions
  11. immune response

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