See Also: b1C globulin(medicine)
b1F globulin(medicine)
globulin(encyclopedia)
b1E globulin(medicine)
globulin(dictionary)
Globulin(medicine)
Immuno globulin E(health)
Gamma globulin(health)
rho(d) immune globulin(medicine)
gamma globulin(medicine)

globulin (iou)



globulin noun. M19.
[from GLOBULE (= blood corpuscle) + -IN1.]
Biochemistry. Any of a class of simple proteins with little or no solubility in water but soluble in salt solutions; esp. any of those forming the second largest electrophoretic fraction of blood plasma protein.
alpha globulin, beta globulin, gamma globulin (any protein belonging to) each of the three fractions of blood plasma globulin distinguished by decreasing electrophoretic mobility from alpha to gamma. IMMUNOGLOBULIN, LACTOGLOBULIN.