immunoglobulin
Definitions
Any of the glycoproteins in blood serum that respond to invasion by foreign antigens and that protect the host by removing pathogens; an antibody.
Equivalents
14 more languages
Catalàimmunoglobulina
Češtinaimunoglobulin
Ελληνικάανοσοσφαιρίνη
Gaeilgeglóbailin imdhíonachta
Italianoimmunoglobulina
日本語免疫グロブリン
ქართულიიმუნოგლობულინი
Македонскиимуноглобулин
Polskiimmunoglobulina
Portuguêsimunoglobulina
Românăimunoglobulină
Русскийиммуноглобулин
Slovenčinaimunoglobulín
Examples
“The recent observation that a heat labile human immunoglobulin, IgE , could mediate the release⟳ of both histamine and SRS-Aᵐᵒⁿᵏᵉʸ from primate lung slices (Ishizaka et al., 1969), prompted a re-examination of the biologic activity of rat heat labile homocytotropic antibody.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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