Immunoglobulin

Definition: Immunoglobulin

Immunoglobulin

Noun

1. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.

Specialty Definitions: Immunoglobulin

Domain	Definitions
Health	A protein that acts as an antibody. (references)
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Synonyms: Immunoglobulin

Synonyms: immune gamma globulin (n), immune globulin (n), immune serum globulin (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Immunoglobulin

English words defined with "immunoglobulin": B cell, B lymphocyte ♦ IgM, immunoglobulin A, immunoglobulin D, immunoglobulin E, immunoglobulin G, immunoglobulin M ♦ reagin ♦ tetanus immunoglobulin. (references)

Specialty definitions using "immunoglobulin": Antibodies, Antigens, CD2, Antigens, CD4, Antigens, CD8 ♦ Binding Sites, Antibody, B-Lymphocytes ♦ CD4 Immunoadhesins, Complement 1q, Complementarity Determining Regions ♦ Exons ♦ Gene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte, Glomerulonephritis, IgA ♦ Heavy Chain Disease, Hepatitis B Immunoglobulin ♦ IgA nephropathy, Immunoglobulin Allotypes, Immunoglobulin Class Switching, Immunoglobulin Constant Region, immunoglobulin fold, Immunoglobulin Gm Allotypes, Immunoglobulin Idiotypes, Immunoglobulin Inv Allotypes, Immunoglobulin Joining Region, Immunoglobulin Switch Region, Immunoglobulin Variable Region, Immunoglobulins, Fab, Immunoglobulins, gamma-Chain, Immunoglobulins, Heavy-Chain, Immunoglobulins, Intravenous, Immunoglobulins, J-Chain, Immunoglobulins, Light-Chain, Immunologic Capping, Interleukin-13, Interleukin-14 ♦ Long-Acting Thyroid Stimulator, Lymphoma, Small Lymphocytic, Lymphoma, Small-Cell ♦ mca, monoclonal antibodies, Muromonab-CD3 ♦ Neuroleukin ♦ Paraproteinemias ♦ Rabies Vaccines, Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell, Receptors, Fc ♦ Serologic Tests. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Immunoglobulin" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

German (immunoglobulin).

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Commercial Usage: Immunoglobulin

Domain	Title
Books	Cells of Immunoglobulin Synthesis (reference) Immunoglobulin D : structure and function (reference) Immunoglobulin Gene Expression in Development and Disease (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences : V. 764) (reference) Immunoglobulin Genes (reference) Molecular Genetics of Immunoglobulin (New Comprehensive Biochemistry, Vol 17) (reference) (more book examples)
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Photo Album: Immunoglobulin

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Mechanism of Peptide Hormone Signalling : An Immunoglobulin Gene Model.Credit: National Library of Medicine.
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Non-Fiction Usage: Immunoglobulin

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		They include joining and diversity exons of immunoglobulin genes. (references)
		Although XLA cannot be cured, it can be controlled with immunoglobulin therapy. (references)
		This standard laboratory test measures various immunoglobulin levels in the blood. (references)
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Usage Frequency: Immunoglobulin

"Immunoglobulin" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 97.87% of the time. "Immunoglobulin" is used about 94 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)	97.87%	92	34,282
Noun (proper)	2.13%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	94	N/A

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Expressions: Immunoglobulin

Expressions using "immunoglobulin": Hepatitis B Immunoglobulin ♦ immunoglobulin A ♦ Immunoglobulin Allotypes ♦ Immunoglobulin Class Switching ♦ Immunoglobulin Constant Region ♦ immunoglobulin D ♦ immunoglobulin E ♦ immunoglobulin fold ♦ immunoglobulin G ♦ Immunoglobulin Gm Allotypes ♦ Immunoglobulin Idiotypes ♦ Immunoglobulin Inv Allotypes ♦ Immunoglobulin Isotypes ♦ Immunoglobulin Joining Region ♦ immunoglobulin M ♦ Immunoglobulin Switch Region ♦ Immunoglobulin Variable Region ♦ tetanus immunoglobulin. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "immunoglobulin": immunoglobulin-like.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Immunoglobulin

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
immunoglobulin	114
immunoglobulin intravenous	12
immunoglobulin g	5
immunoglobulin e	4
immunoglobulin monoclonal	4
immunoglobulin m	4
immunoglobulin structure	3
deficiency immunoglobulin	3
animation immunoglobulin	3
immunoglobulin therapy	3
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Modern Translations: Immunoglobulin

Language		Translations for "immunoglobulin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		免疫球蛋白. (various references)

Danish		immunoglobulin, immunglobulin (immunoglobulins, serum globulin). (various references)

Dutch		immunoglobuline (immunoglobulins). (various references)

Finnish		immunoglobuliini G (immunoglobulin G), immunoglobuliini E (immunoglobulin E, immunoglobulin IgE), immunoglobuliini D (immunoglobulin D), G-immunoglobuliini (immunoglobulin G), D-immunoglobuliini (immunoglobulin D). (various references)

French		immunoglobuline (immune serum globuline). (various references)

German		immunoglobulin. (various references)

Greek		ανοσοσφαιρίνη. (various references)

Italian		immunoglobulina. (various references)

Pig Latin		immunoglobulinay.(various references)

Portuguese		imunoglobulina homóloga (homologous immunoglobulin), imunoglobulina G (immunoglobulin G), imunoglobulina D (immunoglobulin D), imunoglobulina anti-D (anti-D immunoglobulin), imunoglobulina A (IgA, immunoglobulin A), subclasses da imunoglobulina G (immunoglobulin G subclasses). (various references)

Spanish		inmunoglobulina homóloga (homologous immunoglobulin), inmunoglobulina G (immunoglobulin G), inmunoglobulina E (immunoglobulin E, immunoglobulin IgE), inmunoglobulina D (immunoglobulin D), inmunoglobulina anti-D (anti-D immunoglobulin), inmunoglobulina A (IgA, immunoglobulin A), IgA (IgA, immunoglobulin A), subclases de inmunoglobulina G (immunoglobulin G subclasses), pliegue de la inmunoglobulina (immunoglobulin fold), cadena ligera de inmunoglobulinas (immunoglobulin light chain). (various references)

Swedish		immunglobulin. (various references)
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Derivations: Immunoglobulin

Derivations
	Words beginning with "immunoglobulin": immunoglobulins. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Immunoglobulin

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-g-i-i-l-l-m-m-n-n-o-o-u-u"
	-4 letters: mullioning.
	Words containing the letters "b-g-i-i-l-l-m-m-n-n-o-o-u-u"
	+1 letter: immunoglobulins.
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