globulins

[glob-yuh-lin]

glob·u·lin

[glob-yuh-lin]
noun Biochemistry.
1.
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.
2.
any of several groups of blood plasma proteins, divided into fractions, as alpha, beta, or gamma globulin, depending on electrophoretic mobility.

Origin:
1825–35; globule + -in2
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Globulins is always a great word to know.
So is circulation. Does it mean:
continuous movement of blood through the heart and blood vessels
cell of the tissues comparable to or derived from a leukocyte
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