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Definition: IgM |
IgMNoun1. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins; involved in fighting blood infections and in triggering production of immunoglobulin G. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| 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 |
IgM | Dutch | Immoglobuline M | Chemistry, Medicine |
IgM | English | Macro-immunoglobulin | Chemistry, Medicine |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: IgMSynonym: immunoglobulin M (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: IgM |
| Specialty definitions using "IgM": Antibodies, Helminth, Antibody-Dependent Enhancement ♦ Complement 1q ♦ Giant Lymph Node Hyperplasia ♦ Immunoglobulins, Immunoglobulins, J-Chain, Immunoglobulins, mu-Chain ♦ Schnitzler Syndrome ♦ Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome. (references) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | IgM usually combines in star-shaped clusters. (references) | |
IFA can be used to detect either IgG or IgM antibodies. (references) | ||
Most patients demonstrate increased IgM or IgG titers by the second week of the illness. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "IgM" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "IgM" is used about 16 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) | 100% | 16 | 87,710 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| Austria | Messer igm AG |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
| 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 |
igm | 104 |
igm pay | 13 |
i igg igm | 6 |
igg igm | 4 |
antibody igm | 4 |
cardiolipin igm | 3 |
bolivia igm | 3 |
igg iga igm | 2 |
igm low | 2 |
anticardiolipin igm | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "IgM"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
French | IgM anti-HBc (anti-HBc IgM, hepatitis B antibody of the IgM class, IgM antibody to hepatitis B core antigen), IgM anti HA (anti-HAV IgM, hepatitis A antibody of the IgM class, hepatitis A IgM, IgM antibody to hepatitis A virus), anticorps anti-HBc type IgM (anti-HBc IgM, hepatitis B antibody of the IgM class, IgM antibody to hepatitis B core antigen), anticorps anti-HAV type IgM (anti-HAV IgM, hepatitis A antibody of the IgM class, hepatitis A IgM, IgM antibody to hepatitis A virus), anticorps anti-HA type IgM (anti-HAV IgM, hepatitis A antibody of the IgM class, hepatitis A IgM, IgM antibody to hepatitis A virus), Ac anti-HBc type IgM (anti-HBc IgM, hepatitis B antibody of the IgM class, IgM antibody to hepatitis B core antigen), Ac anti-HAV type IgM (anti-HAV IgM, hepatitis A antibody of the IgM class, hepatitis A IgM, IgM antibody to hepatitis A virus). (various references) | |
German | IgM-Anti-HBc (anti-HBc IgM, hepatitis B antibody of the IgM class, IgM antibody to hepatitis B core antigen), IgM-Anti-HAV (anti-HAV IgM, hepatitis A antibody of the IgM class, hepatitis A IgM, IgM antibody to hepatitis A virus), Antikörper der IgM-Klasse gegen das Hepatitis-B-core-Antigen (anti-HBc IgM, hepatitis B antibody of the IgM class, IgM antibody to hepatitis B core antigen), Antikörper der IgM-Klasse gegen das Hepatitis-A-Virus (anti-HAV IgM, hepatitis A antibody of the IgM class, hepatitis A IgM, IgM antibody to hepatitis A virus), Anti-HBc-IgM (anti-HBc IgM, hepatitis B antibody of the IgM class, IgM antibody to hepatitis B core antigen), Anti-HAV-IgM (anti-HAV IgM, hepatitis A antibody of the IgM class, hepatitis A IgM, IgM antibody to hepatitis A virus). (various references) | |
Italian | anti-HBc IgM (anti-HBc IgM, hepatitis B antibody of the IgM class, IgM antibody to hepatitis B core antigen), anti-HAV IgM (anti-HAV IgM, hepatitis A antibody of the IgM class, hepatitis A IgM, IgM antibody to hepatitis A virus), anticorpo anti-core del virus epatitico B della classe IgM (anti-HBc IgM, hepatitis B antibody of the IgM class, IgM antibody to hepatitis B core antigen), anticorpi antivirus epatitico A della classe IgM (anti-HAV IgM, hepatitis A antibody of the IgM class, hepatitis A IgM, IgM antibody to hepatitis A virus). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | igmay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "IgM": paradigm. (additional references) | |
Words containing "IgM": anastigmat, anastigmatic, anastigmats, astigmatic, astigmatics, astigmatism, astigmatisms, astigmia, astigmias, bigmouth, bigmouthed, bigmouths, depigmentation, depigmentations, enigma, enigmas, enigmata, enigmatic, enigmatical, enigmatically, figment, figments, hyperpigmentation, hyperpigmentations, hyperpigmented, neostigmine, neostigmines, paradigmatic, paradigmatically, paradigms, physostigmine, physostigmines, pigment, pigmentary, pigmentation, pigmentations, pigmented, pigmenting, pigments, pigmies, pigmy, rigmarole, rigmaroles, sigma, sigmas, sigmate, sigmoid, sigmoidal, sigmoidally, sigmoidoscopies, sigmoidoscopy, sigmoids, sterigma, sterigmas, sterigmata, stigma, stigmal, stigmas, stigmasterol, stigmasterols, stigmata, stigmatic, stigmatically, stigmatics, stigmatist, stigmatists, stigmatization, stigmatizations, stigmatize, stigmatized, stigmatizes, stigmatizing, thigmotaxes, thigmotaxis, thigmotropism, thigmotropisms, whigmaleerie, whigmaleeries, wigmaker, wigmakers. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: mig. | |
| Words within the letters "g-i-m" | |
-1 letter: mi. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-i-m" | |
+1 letter: gimp, glim, grim, magi, migg, migs. | |
+2 letters: agism, amiga, amigo, gamic, gamin, gimel, gimme, gimps, gimpy, gismo, gizmo, glime, glims, goyim, grime, grimy, image, imago, magic, midge, miggs, might, mingy, pigmy, sigma. | |
+3 letters: agamic, ageism, agisms, aiming, amigas, amigos, arming, begrim, bigamy, coming, degami, digamy, doming, egoism, emigre, enigma, faming, fuming, gambia, gambir, gambit, gamier, gamily, gamine, gaming, gamins, gimbal, gimels, gimlet, gimmal, gimmes, gimmie, gimped, gismos, gizmos, glimed, glimes, glioma, gnomic, gomuti, gonium, grimed, grimes, grimly, guimpe, homing, imaged, imager, images, imagos, imping, impugn, laming, liming, lingam, macing, magian, magics, magilp, magpie, maigre, making, malign, margin, mating, mawing, maying, mazing, megilp, megrim, meting, mewing, midges, midget, midgut, midleg, miggle, mights, mighty, mignon, miking, milage, miming, mingle, mining, mirage, miring, mixing, moggie, mooing, moping, moving, mowing, muling, muring, musing, muting, naming, ogrism, regime, riming, sigmas, smidge, stigma, taming, timing, umping, wigwam. | |
+4 letters: ageisms, amazing, ambling, amusing, angioma, armiger, armings, bamming, beaming, begrime, begrims, blaming, bluming, bogyism, bombing, booming, bumming, bumping, calming, camping, chiming, coaming, combing, comings, comping, culming, cymling, damming, damning, damping, deeming, degamis, demigod, demoing, diagram, digamma, dimming, dooming, dumbing, dumping, egoisms, egotism, emigres, emoting, enigmas, epigram, farming, figment, filming, firming, flaming, fluming, foaming, fogyism, forming, framing, gallium, gambias, gambier, gambirs, gambits, gametic, gamiest, gamines, gamings, gammier, gamming, gauming, geminal, gemlike, gemmier, gemmily, gemming, genomic, germier, germina, gimbals, gimlets, gimmals, gimmick, gimmies, gimpier, gimping, gingham, gisarme, gliming, glimmer, glimpse, gliomas, gnomish, gnomist, gomeril, gomutis, gourami, gremial, gremlin, gremmie, grimace, grimier, grimily, griming, grimmer, gripman, gripmen, guimpes, gumboil, gumlike, gummier, gumming, gummite, hamming, harming, helming, hemming, humming, humping, hymning, imagers, imagery, imagine, imaging, imagism, imagist, imagoes, imbuing, immerge, impinge, impings, impregn, impugns, isogamy, isogram, iteming, jambing, jamming, jumping, kingdom, lambing, lamming, lamping, legumin, lemming, limbing, limning, limping, lingams, loaming, looming, lumping, madding, magians, magical, magilps, magnify, magpies, mailbag, mailing, maiming, makings, maligns, malling, malting, mangier, mangily, manning, mapping, margins, marking, marling, marring, marting, mashing, masking, massing, masting, matings, matting, mauling, mayings, meaning, medigap, meeting, megabit, megahit, megilph, megilps, megrims, melding, melling, melting, mendigo, mending, mensing, meouing, meowing, merging, meshing, messing, metring, mewling, miching, midgets, midguts, midlegs, miffing, miggles, mignons, migrant, migrate, milages, milchig, mileage, milking, millage, milling, milting, mincing, minding, mingier, mingled, mingler, mingles, minings, mintage, minting, mirages, misgave, misgive, misgrew, misgrow, mispage, missing, misting, mitogen, mitring, moaning, moating, mobbing, mocking, moggies, mogging, moiling, molding, molting, mooning, mooring, mooting, mopping, morning, moshing, mossing, mousing, mowings, mucking, mudding, muffing, muggier, muggily, mugging, muggins, mulling, mumming, mumping, munting, mushing, musings, mussing, musting, myalgia, myalgic, nimming, numbing, oghamic, ogreism, ogrisms, omening, origami, palming, perming, pigment, pigmies, pilgrim, pimping, pluming, primage, priming, pumping, pygmies, pygmoid, ragtime, ramming, ramping, reaming, regimen, regimes, reimage, remiges, rhyming, rimming, roaming, romping, rooming, seaming, seeming, semilog, shaming, siamang, sigmate, sigmoid, sliming, smidgen, smidges, smidgin, smiling, smiting, smoking, spuming, stigmal, stigmas, summing, tamping, teaming, teeming, tegmina, temping, terming, theming, timings, tombing, tomming, trigram, tumping, vamping, warming, wigwams, wingman, wingmen, worming, zooming. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 67 4D |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. --. -- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01100111 01001101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I g M |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 0067 004D |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)437347 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Names: Company Usage 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Abbreviations 11. Acronyms 12. Derivations | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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