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Definition: Globulin |
GlobulinNoun1. A family of proteins found in blood and milk and muscle and in plant seed. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Globulin \Glob"u*lin\, noun. [From Globule: compare to the French expression globuline.]. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Remedy | Prevention, preventative medicine, immunization, inoculation, vaccination, vaccine, shot, booster, gamma globulin. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Globulin |
| English words defined with "globulin": agammaglobulinemia, albuminuria ♦ C-reactive protein, CRP ♦ hypogammaglobulinemia ♦ myosin ♦ protamine, proteinuria ♦ White of egg. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "globulin": Coombs' Test ♦ Pregnancy-Specific beta 1-Glycoprotein, Prekallikrein ♦ Renin-Angiotensin System. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Globulin" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (globulin), Czech (globulin), Hungarian (globulin), Serbo-Croatian (globulin), Swedish (globulin), Turkish (globulin). |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Gamma globulin (Gammar) is pooled human immune globulin. (references) | |
Adverse reactions to rabies vaccine and immune globulin are not common. (references) | ||
The two proteins that are most likely to appear in urine are albumin and globulin. (references) | ||
Travel | Turkey | Vaccines: Vaccines necessary for Turkey are all childhood immunizations, Typhoid, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis A (or Immune Globulin as an alternative). (references) |
Nicaragua | Typhoid, polio, tetanus, diphtheria and gamma globulin (or Hepatitis A) are recommended vaccinations prior to leaving the U.S., particularly for an extended stay. (references) | |
Eq. Guinea | A gamma globulin injection is also recommended every four to six months to protect against hepatitis A. Equatorial Guinea has chloroquine- and fansidar-resistant malaria. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Globulin" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 90.91% of the time. "Globulin" is used about 11 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) | 90.91% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Noun (proper) | 9.09% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 11 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "globulin": antihaemophilic globulin ♦ antihemophilic globulin ♦ antithymocyte globulin ♦ beta globulin ♦ gamma globulin ♦ human gamma globulin ♦ immune gamma globulin ♦ immune globulin ♦ immune serum globulin ♦ Progesterone-Binding Globulin ♦ Rho(D) Immune Globulin ♦ serum globulin ♦ Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin ♦ tetanus immune globulin. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "globulin": alpha-globulin, beta-globulin, gamma-globulin. | |
Containing "globulin": immuno-globulin-like. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "globulin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | globulin. (various references) | |
Arabic | الغلوبيولين. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | глобулин. (various references) | |
Chinese | 球蛋白. (various references) | |
Czech | globulin. (various references) | |
Danish | globulin (globulins). (various references) | |
Dutch | globuline (globulins). (various references) | |
Finnish | veriheran hyytymistekijä VIII (antihaemophilic factor, antihaemophilic globulin, antihemophilic factor, antihemophilic globulin, blood clotting protein, factor VIII), antihemofiliaglobuliini (antihaemophilic factor, antihaemophilic globulin, antihemophilic factor, antihemophilic globulin, blood clotting protein, factor VIII). (various references) | |
French | globuline (globulins). (various references) | |
German | Globuline (globulins), Globulin (globulins). (various references) | |
Greek | σφαιρίνη ή γλοβουλίνη (globulins), γλοβουλίνη. (various references) | |
Hungarian | globulin. (various references) | |
Italian | globulina. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | obulinglay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | globulina (globulins). (various references) | |
Russian | глобулин. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | globulin. (various references) | |
Spanish | globulina (globulins). (various references) | |
Swedish | globulin. (various references) | |
Turkish | globulin. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | глобулін. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "globulin": globulins. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "globulin": antiglobulin, euglobulin, immunoglobulin, lactoglobulin, macroglobulin, thyroglobulin. (additional references) | |
Words containing "globulin": agammaglobulinemia, agammaglobulinemias, agammaglobulinemic, antiglobulins, euglobulins, immunoglobulins, lactoglobulins, macroglobulinemia, macroglobulinemias, macroglobulinemic, macroglobulins, thyroglobulins. (additional references) | |
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"Globulin" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: gobulin. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "globulin" (pronounced glÄ"byulun) |
| 5 | -y u l u n | masculine. |
| 4 | -u l u n | adrenaline, insulin, javelin, lanolin, Magdalen, porcelain, Zeppelin. |
| 3 | -l u n | fallen, felon, Alan, Ballon, befallen, Billon, bouillon, Callan, Chamberlain, chaplain, colon, crestfallen, discipline, elan, gallon, gremlin, kaolin, Kremlin, Marlin, melon, Mullen, muskmelon, muslin, pelon, penicillin, pentathlon, phenolphthalein, pollen, solan, Solon, stolen, stollen, sullen, swollen, talon, Tolan, triathlon, vanillin, villain, watermelon, woolen, woollen. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-g-i-l-l-n-o-u" | |
-1 letter: bolling, bulling, bullion. | |
-2 letters: billon, bluing, globin, goblin, lubing. | |
-3 letters: bingo, boing, gluon, lingo, lungi. | |
-4 letters: bill, blin, boil, boll, bong, bull, bung, gill, glib, glob, gull, iglu, ling, lino, lion, loin, long, lung, nill, noil, null. | |
-5 letters: big, bin, bio, bog, bug, bun, gib, gin, gnu, gob, gul, gun, ill, ion, lib, lin, lob. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-g-i-l-l-n-o-u" | |
+1 letter: globulins. | |
+2 letters: bulldozing, euglobulin. | |
+3 letters: bulldogging, euglobulins, outbullying. | |
+4 letters: antiglobulin, bulldoggings, solubilising, solubilizing, subtotalling. | |
+5 letters: antiglobulins, bloodcurdling, bougainvillea, lactoglobulin, macroglobulin, thyroglobulin. | |
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