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IgG

Definition: IgG

IgG

Noun

1. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins; the main antibody defense against bacteria.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Abbreviations & Acronyms: IgG

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
IGG	Danish	Immunglobulin G	Medicine
IgG	Dutch	Immoglobuline G	Chemistry, Medicine
IgG	English	Immunoglobulin G	N/A
IgG	French	Immunoglobuline G	Medicine
IgG	Greek	ανοσοσφαιρίνη G	Medicine
IgG	Portuguese	Imunoglobulina G	Medicine
IgG	Spanish	Inmunoglobulina G	Medicine
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonym: IgG

Synonym: immunoglobulin G (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: IgG

Specialty definitions using "IgG": Antibodies, Helminth, Antibody-Dependent Cell Cytotoxicity, Antibody-Dependent Enhancement ♦ Complement 1q, Complement 3 Nephritic Factor ♦ Desensitization, Immunologic ♦ Epidermolysis Bullosa Acquisita ♦ IgG Deficiency, Immunoglobulin Allotypes, Immunoglobulin Gm Allotypes, Immunoglobulin Inv Allotypes, Immunoglobulins, Immunoglobulins, epsilon-Chain, Immunoglobulins, gamma-Chain, Immunoglobulins, Intravenous, Immunoglobulins, mu-Chain ♦ Muromonab-CD3 ♦ Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic ♦ Rh Isoimmunization. (references)

Commercial Usage: IgG

Domain	Title
Books	Abnormalities of Igg Glycosylation and Immunological Disorders (reference) Human IgG Fc receptors (reference) Multifunctional Igg and Igg-Binding Receptors/Ehrlich's Side Chain Theory Re-Visited (Research Monographs in Immunology, Vol 10) (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Non-Fiction Usage: IgG

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		IFA can be used to detect either IgG or IgM antibodies. (references)
		Levels of IgG are increased in the cerebrospinal fluid of most MS patients. (references)
		IgG Subclass Deficiency is another PI caused by the lack of certain antibodies. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Usage Frequency: IgG

"IgG" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 76.09% of the time. "IgG" is used about 92 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	76.09%	70	39,981
Lexical Verb (base form)	16.3%	15	90,616
Noun (proper)	7.61%	7	133,076
Total	100.00%	92	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Expressions: IgG

Expression using "IgG": IgG Deficiency. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "IgG": igg-binding, igg-cell, igg-producing, Igg-sepharose, igg-subclass.
	Ending with "IgG": Antibody-igg, anti-igg.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Frequency of Internet Keywords: IgG

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
igg	72	igg iv	3
free igg serum	18	igg rubella	3
igg antibody	10	elevated igg	3
deficiency igg	7	igg molecular weight	3
antibody gliadin igg	6	ab gliadin igg	2
i igg igm	6	deficiency gamma globulin igg	2
cmv igg	5	igg iga igm	2
citomegalovirus igg	4	igg tx.net	2
igg kappa	4	endothelium igg kidney rejection	2
igg igm	4	igg imunoglobulina	2
igg test	4	ebv igg	2
antibody cause gliadin igg	3	blood igg test	2
deficiency igg subclass	3	helicobacter igg pylori	2
herpes igg	3	iga ige igg	2
		igg low	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Modern Translation: IgG

Language		Translations for "IgG"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		IgG-koncentration (IgG-level). (various references)

French		IgG anti-HBc (anti-HBc IgG, hepatitis B antibody of the IgG class, IgG antibody to hepatitis B core antigen), IgG anti-HA (anti-HAV IgG, hepatitis A antibody of the IgG class, hepatitis A IgG, IgG antibody to hepatitis A virus), anticorps anti-HBc type IgG (anti-HBc IgG, hepatitis B antibody of the IgG class, IgG antibody to hepatitis B core antigen), anticorps anti-HAV type IgG (anti-HAV IgG, hepatitis A antibody of the IgG class, hepatitis A IgG, IgG antibody to hepatitis A virus), anticorps anti-HA type IgG (anti-HAV IgG, hepatitis A antibody of the IgG class, hepatitis A IgG, IgG antibody to hepatitis A virus), Ac anti-HBc type IgG (anti-HBc IgG, hepatitis B antibody of the IgG class, IgG antibody to hepatitis B core antigen), Ac anti-HAV type IgG (anti-HAV IgG, hepatitis A antibody of the IgG class, hepatitis A IgG, IgG antibody to hepatitis A virus), Ac anti-HAV IgG (anti-HAV IgG, hepatitis A antibody of the IgG class, hepatitis A IgG, IgG antibody to hepatitis A virus). (various references)

German		IgG-Anti-HBc (anti-HBc IgG, hepatitis B antibody of the IgG class, IgG antibody to hepatitis B core antigen), IgG-Anti-HAV (anti-HAV IgG, hepatitis A antibody of the IgG class, hepatitis A IgG, IgG antibody to hepatitis A virus), Antikörper der IgG-Klasse gegen das Hepatitis-B-core-Antigen (anti-HBc IgG, hepatitis B antibody of the IgG class, IgG antibody to hepatitis B core antigen), Antikörper der IgG-Klasse gegen das Hepatitis-A-Virus (anti-HAV IgG, hepatitis A antibody of the IgG class, hepatitis A IgG, IgG antibody to hepatitis A virus), Anti-Hbc-IgG (anti-HBc IgG, hepatitis B antibody of the IgG class, IgG antibody to hepatitis B core antigen), Anti-HAV-IgG (anti-HAV IgG, hepatitis A antibody of the IgG class, hepatitis A IgG, IgG antibody to hepatitis A virus). (various references)

Italian		anti-HBc IgG (anti-HBc IgG, hepatitis B antibody of the IgG class, IgG antibody to hepatitis B core antigen), anti-HAV IgG (anti-HAV IgG, hepatitis A antibody of the IgG class, hepatitis A IgG, IgG antibody to hepatitis A virus), anticorpo anti-core del virus epatitico B della classe IgG (anti-HBc IgG, hepatitis B antibody of the IgG class, IgG antibody to hepatitis B core antigen), anticorpi anti virus epatitico A della classe IgG (anti-HAV IgG, hepatitis A antibody of the IgG class, hepatitis A IgG, IgG antibody to hepatitis A virus). (various references)

Pig Latin		iggay.(various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations: IgG

Derivations
	Words ending with "IgG": migg. (additional references)
	Words containing "IgG": balbriggan, balbriggans, bewigged, bewigging, bigger, biggest, biggety, biggie, biggies, biggin, bigging, biggings, biggins, biggish, biggity, chigger, chiggers, digged, digger, diggers, digging, diggings, ditchdigger, ditchdiggers, earwigged, earwigging, figged, figging, frigged, frigging, gigged, gigging, giggle, giggled, giggler, gigglers, giggles, gigglier, giggliest, giggling, gigglingly, giggly, higgle, higgled, higgler, higglers, higgles, higgling, jigged, jigger, jiggered. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Anagrams: IgG

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: gig.
	Words containing the letters "g-g-i"
	+1 letter: giga, gigs, grig, migg.
	+2 letters: aggie, aging, gigas, gighe, gigot, gigue, going, grigs, miggs, piggy, wiggy.
	+3 letters: ageing, aggies, agings, baggie, bagwig, bigger, biggie, biggin, bigwig, caging, digged, digger, doggie, edging, egging, figged, fizgig, gaeing, gaging, gaming, gaping, gating, gazing, geeing, gibing, gieing, gigged, giggle, giggly, giglet, giglot, gigolo, gigots, gigues, gingal, ginger, gingko, ginkgo, giving, gluing, goings, goring, greige, grigri, gringo, guying, gybing, gyring, gyving, haggis, higgle, jigged, jigger, jiggle, jiggly, leggin, loggia, loggie, luggie, luging, miggle, moggie, niggle, noggin, ogling, paging, pigged, piggie, piggin, raging, rigged, rigger, twiggy, urging, veggie, waging, wigged, wiggle, wiggly, wigwag, zigged, zigzag.
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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial

5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Usage Frequency
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet

9. Translations: Modern
10. Abbreviations
11. Acronyms
12. Derivations

13. Anagrams
14. Bibliography

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