immunoglobulin
nounEtymology From immuno- + globulin.
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Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Immunology, Medicine, Microbiology, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Any of the glycoproteins in blood serum that respond to invasion by foreign antigens and that protect the host by removing pathogens; an antibody.
- The recent observation that a heat labile human immunoglobulin, IgE , could mediate the release of both histamine and SRS-Aᵐᵒⁿᵏᵉʸ from primate lung slices (Ishizaka et al., 1969), prompted a re-examination of the biologic activity of rat heat labile homocytotropic antibody.1969, Robert P. Orange, K. Frank Austen, “Slow Reacting Substance of Anaphylaxis”, in Advances in Immunology - Volume 10, page 144:
- Derived terms
- antiimmunoglobulin, hyperimmunoglobulin, hyperimmunoglobulinemia, immunoglobulin A, IgA, immunoglobulin D, IgD, immunoglobulin E, IgE, immunoglobulin G, IgG, immunoglobulin M, IgM