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immunoglobulins

immunoglobulins is the plural 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

Questions about immunoglobulins

What is immunoglobulins the plural of?
Immunoglobulins is the plural of immunoglobulin.

Words near immunoglobulins in the dictionary

  1. immunoglobulin E
  2. immunoglobulin G
  3. immunoglobulin M
  4. immunoglobulinemia
  5. immunoglobulinemias
  6. immunoglobulins
  7. immunogold
  8. immunogold electron microscopy
  9. immunogram
  10. immunograms
  11. immunohaematologic

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