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globulin Definition

globu·lin (gläbyə 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.