THYROGLOBULIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does thyroglobulin mean? 

• THYROGLOBULIN (noun)
  The noun THYROGLOBULIN has 1 sense:

1. an iodine containing protein that is obtained from the thyroid gland and exhibits the general properties of the globulins

  Familiarity information: THYROGLOBULIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THYROGLOBULIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An iodine containing protein that is obtained from the thyroid gland and exhibits the general properties of the globulins

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("thyroglobulin" is a kind of...):

iodinated protein; iodoprotein (a protein that contains iodine)

 Context examples 

IGFBP5 contains a thyroglobulin type-I domain and belongs to the IGFBP family.

(Insulin-Like Growth Factor-Binding Protein 5, NCI Thesaurus)

Encoded by human IGFBP2 Gene, cysteine-rich high molecular weight secreted 328-aa 35-kD Insulin-Like Growth Factor-Binding Protein 2 precursor contains an IGFBP domain and a thyroglobulin type-I domain.

(Insulin-Like Growth Factor-Binding Protein 2, NCI Thesaurus)

A thioureylene antithyroid agent that inhibits the formation of thyroid hormones by interfering with the incorporation of iodine into tyrosyl residues of thyroglobulin.

(Methimazole, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Domain 3 is homologous to the thyroglobulin type I repeat.

(Insulin-Like Growth Factor-Binding Protein 2, NCI Thesaurus)

IGFBP2 contains a thyroglobulin type-I domain, belongs to the IGFBP family, and binds IGF-II more than IGF-I.

(Insulin-Like Growth Factor-Binding Protein 2, NCI Thesaurus)