GAMMA GLOBULIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gamma globulin mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GAMMA GLOBULIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

gamma globulin; human gamma globulin

Hypernyms ("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 "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 ("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)

 Context examples 

The determination of the ratio of gamma globulin compared to total protein present in a sample.

(Gamma Globulin to Total Protein Ratio Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

The determination of the amount of gamma globulin present in a sample.

(Gamma Globulin Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

As a consequence of the deficiency of this protein, their T-lymphocytes are unable to instruct B-lymphocytes to switch their production of gamma globulins from IgM to IgG and IgA.

(CD40 Ligand Deficiency, NCI Thesaurus)

A type of globulin in plasma that in electrically charged solutions exhibits colloidal mobility between that of the alpha and gamma globulins.

(Beta Globulin, NCI Thesaurus)