| NOUN | substance | gamma globulin, human gamma globulin | a plasma protein containing the immunoglobulins that are responsible for immune responses |
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| Meaning | A plasma protein containing the immunoglobulins that are responsible for immune responses. | |
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| Synonym | human gamma globulin | |
| Narrower | immunoglobulin, Ig, immune serum globulin, immune gamma globulin, immune globulin | A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response |
| Broader | globulin | A family of proteins found in blood and milk and muscle and in plant seed |
| plasma protein | Any of the proteins in blood plasma | |
| Substance of | plasma, plasm, blood plasma | The colorless watery fluid of the blood and lymph that contains no cells, but in which the blood cells (erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes) are suspended |
| Spanish | gammaglobulina | |
| Catalan | gammaglobulina | |
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