HUMAN GAMMA GLOBULIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does human gamma globulin mean? 

• HUMAN GAMMA GLOBULIN (noun)
  The noun HUMAN GAMMA GLOBULIN has 1 sense:

1. a plasma protein containing the immunoglobulins that are responsible for immune responses

  Familiarity information: HUMAN GAMMA GLOBULIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HUMAN GAMMA GLOBULIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A plasma protein containing the immunoglobulins that are responsible for immune responses

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Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

gamma globulin; human gamma globulin

Hypernyms ("human gamma globulin" is a kind of...):

plasma protein (any of the proteins in blood plasma)

globulin (a family of proteins found in blood and milk and muscle and in plant seed)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "human gamma globulin"):

Ig; immune gamma globulin; immune globulin; immune serum globulin; immunoglobulin (a class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response)

Holonyms ("human gamma globulin" is a substance of...):

blood plasma; plasm; 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)