IMMUNE GLOBULIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does immune globulin mean? 

• IMMUNE GLOBULIN (noun)
  The noun IMMUNE GLOBULIN has 1 sense:

1. a class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• IMMUNE GLOBULIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response

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Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

Ig; immune gamma globulin; immune globulin; immune serum globulin; immunoglobulin

Hypernyms ("immune globulin" is a kind of...):

gamma globulin; human gamma globulin (a plasma protein containing the immunoglobulins that are responsible for immune responses)

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)

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

IgA; immunoglobulin A (one of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins; the chief antibody in the membranes of the gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts)

IgD; immunoglobulin D (one of the five major classes of immunoglobulins; present in blood serum in small amounts)

IgE; immunoglobulin E (one of the five major classes of immunoglobulins; present primarily in the skin and mucous membranes)

IgG; immunoglobulin G (one of the five major classes of immunoglobulins; the main antibody defense against bacteria)

IgM; immunoglobulin M (one of the five major classes of immunoglobulins; involved in fighting blood infections and in triggering production of immunoglobulin G)

tetanus immune globulin; tetanus immunoglobulin (sterile solution of globulins derived from the blood plasma of a person who has been immunized for tetanus; provides short-term immunization against tetanus in cases of possible exposure to the tetanus bacillus)

 Context examples 

The high-titer RSV immune globulin RI-001 is derived from healthy donors with high amounts of RSV antibodies.

(High-titer RSV Immune Globulin RI-001, NCI Thesaurus)