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    IMMUNE GAMMA GLOBULIN

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    Ig; immune gamma globulin; immune globulin; immune serum globulin; immunoglobulin

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    Nouns denoting substances

    Hypernyms ("immune gamma globulin" is a kind of...):

    gamma globulin; human gamma globulin (a plasma protein containing the immunoglobulins that are responsible for immune responses)

    antibody (any of a large variety of proteins normally present in the body or produced in response to an antigen which it neutralizes, thus producing an immune response)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "immune gamma globulin"):

    IgA; immunoglobulin A (one of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins; the chief antibody in the membranes of the gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts)

    IgD; immunoglobulin D (one of the five major classes of immunoglobulins; present in blood serum in small amounts)

    IgE; immunoglobulin E (one of the five major classes of immunoglobulins; present primarily in the skin and mucous membranes)

    IgG; immunoglobulin G (one of the five major classes of immunoglobulins; the main antibody defense against bacteria)

    IgM; immunoglobulin M (one of the five major classes of immunoglobulins; involved in fighting blood infections and in triggering production of immunoglobulin G)

    tetanus immune globulin; tetanus immunoglobulin (sterile solution of globulins derived from the blood plasma of a person who has been immunized for tetanus; provides short-term immunization against tetanus in cases of possible exposure to the tetanus bacillus)

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