globulin
any of a group of proteins, as myosin, occurring in plant and animal tissue, insoluble in pure water but soluble in dilute salt solutions and coagulable by heat.
any of several groups of blood plasma proteins, divided into fractions, as alpha, beta, or gamma globulin, depending on electrophoretic mobility.
Origin of globulin
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How to use globulin in a sentence
For example, vaccinia immune globulin, or VIG, is stored and ready for the next person who becomes ill from smallpox vaccine.
Paraglobulin, par-a-glob′ū-lin, n. a globulin found in blood-serum, fibrino-plastin.
Besides these mentioned, milk contains traces of another proteid of similar composition called globulin.
The Bacillus of Long Life | Loudon DouglasThe globulin in the body could not remain in solution if there were not always present a small quantity of salt in the blood.
Encyclopedia of Diet | Eugene ChristianOther forms of protein are globulin and myosin, which form the actual muscle-substance.
Encyclopedia of Diet | Eugene Christian
globulin has been reported by Hellmich in an undetermined bacterium, but is certainly not commonly found.
The Fundamentals of Bacteriology | Charles Bradfield Morrey
British Dictionary definitions for globulin
/ (ˈɡlɒbjʊlɪn) /
any of a group of simple proteins, including gamma globulin, that are generally insoluble in water but soluble in salt solutions and coagulated by heat
Origin of globulin
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Scientific definitions for globulin
[ glŏb′yə-lĭn ]
A major class of proteins found in the seeds of plants and in various tissues and substances of vertebrate and invertebrate animals, including blood, muscle, and milk. The globulins in blood comprise all the plasma proteins besides albumin. Two kinds, alpha and beta globulin, are primarily transport proteins or serve as substrates for forming other substances, and include lipoproteins and enzymes. A third kind, the gamma globulins, consists almost entirely of the immunoglobulins. Most globulins are insoluble in water but soluble in saline solution.
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