globulin Definition
globu·lin (gläb′yə lin)
noun
any of a group of proteins, fully soluble only in salt solutions, found in both animal and vegetable tissues
Etymology: globul(e) + -in
globulin Usage Examples
Converse of object
bind: GH may decrease serum total cortisol concentrations by decreasing circulating cortisol binding globulin.
Adjective modifier
- intravenous: Intravenous gamma globulin has been shown to be effective short term therapy for thrombocytopaenia.
- immune: The responses in the immune globulins appear to be different in both conditions.
- binding: These sex hormones are carried in the blood on a protein called sex hormone binding globulin ( SHBG ).
- undiluted: Add one volume of the undiluted anti-human globulin to the first tube in each of the 3 sets.
- human: This is not a cheap treatment option, and availability of human immune globulin is not straightforward.
Modifies a noun
- reagent: Tests with anti-human globulin reagents 1 For each anti-human globulin reagent, prepare 2 sets of 6 tubes.
- ratio: Laboratory data showed anemia and a reversed serum albumin to globulin ratio.
- treatment: Muscle biopsies after immune globulin treatment showed an increase in the diameter of muscle fibers, and regenerating muscle fibers became sparse.
- infusion: No unwanted effects were reported with immune globulin infusion.
- concentration: In clinical practice, changes in serum globulin concentrations rarely effect clinically significant changes in the ionized calcium fraction.
- therapy: Intravenous immune globulin therapy can be given at home.
Noun used with modifier
- anti-human: Add one volume of the undiluted anti-human globulin to the first tube in each of the 3 sets.
- hormone-binding: Sex hormone-binding globulin ( SHBG ) is one of the proteins produced by the liver.
- gamma: In gamma globulins a decrease of 24 % was observed.
- sex: Sex hormone-binding globulin ( SHBG ) is one of the proteins produced by the liver.
- serum: In clinical practice, changes in serum globulin concentrations rarely effect clinically significant changes in the ionized calcium fraction.
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