HyperDic: gamma_globulin

English > 1 sense of the expression gamma globulin:
NOUNsubstancegamma globulin, human gamma globulina plasma protein containing the immunoglobulins that are responsible for immune responses
English > gamma globulin: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
MeaningA plasma protein containing the immunoglobulins that are responsible for immune responses.
Synonymhuman gamma globulin
Narrowerimmunoglobulin, Ig, immune serum globulin, immune gamma globulin, immune globulinA class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response
BroaderglobulinA family of proteins found in blood and milk and muscle and in plant seed
plasma proteinAny of the proteins in blood plasma
Substance ofplasma, plasm, blood plasmaThe colorless watery fluid of the blood and lymph that contains no cells, but in which the blood cells (erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes) are suspended
Spanishgammaglobulina
Catalangammaglobulina

©2001-24 · HyperDic hyper-dictionary · Contact

English | Spanish | Catalan
Privacy | Robots

Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict