English > Ig: 1 sense > noun 1, substance| Meaning | A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response. |
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| Synonyms | immunoglobulin, immune serum globulin, immune gamma globulin, immune globulin |
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| Narrower | immunoglobulin A, IgA | One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins |
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| immunoglobulin D, IgD | One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins |
| immunoglobulin E, IgE | One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins |
| immunoglobulin G, IgG | One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins |
| immunoglobulin M, IgM | One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins |
| tetanus immunoglobulin, tetanus immune globulin | sterile solution of globulins derived from the blood plasma of a person who has been immunized for tetanus |
| Broader | antibody | Any of a large variety of proteins normally present in the body or produced in response to an antigen which it neutralizes, thus producing an immune response |
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| gamma globulin, human gamma globulin | A plasma protein containing the immunoglobulins that are responsible for immune responses |
| Spanish | inmunoglobulina |
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| Catalan | immunoglobulina |
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