immunoglobulin

English

Alternative forms

• Ig (abbreviation)

Etymology

From immuno- +‎ globulin.

Noun

immunoglobulin (plural immunoglobulins)

1. (biochemistry, immunology) Any of the glycoproteins in blood serum that respond to invasion by foreign antigens and that protect the host by removing pathogens; an antibody.
   • 1969, Robert P. Orange, K. Frank Austen, “Slow Reacting Substance of Anaphylaxis”, in Advances in Immunology - Volume 10, page 144:

     The recent observation that a heat labile human immunoglobulin, IgE , could mediate the release of both histamine and SRS-A^monkey from primate lung slices (Ishizaka et al., 1969), prompted a re-examination of the biologic activity of rat heat labile homocytotropic antibody.

   Synonym: antibody

   Hypernym: glycoprotein

Derived terms

• immunoglobulin A, IgA
• immunoglobulin D, IgD
• immunoglobulin E, IgE
• immunoglobulin G, IgG
• immunoglobulin M, IgM

 

Translations

glycoprotein protecting the host

• Basque: immunoglobulina
• Catalan: immunoglobulina f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 免疫球蛋白 (miǎnyì qiúdànbái)

• Czech: imunoglobulin m
• Estonian: antikeha (et)
• Finnish: immunoglobuliini (fi)
• French: immunoglobuline (fr)
• Galician: inmunoglobulina f
• Georgian: იმუნოგლობულინი (imunoglobulini)
• German: Immunglobulin (de) n
• Indonesian: imunoglobulin
• Irish: glóbailin imdhíonachta f
• Italian: immunoglobulina (it) f
• Japanese: 免疫グロブリン (めんえきグロブリン, men'eki guroburin)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: имуноглобулин m (imunoglobulin)
• Portuguese: imunoglobulina f
• Romanian: imunoglobulină (ro) f
• Russian: иммуноглобулин (ru) m (immunoglobulin)
• Spanish: inmunoglobulina f
• Swedish: immunoglobulin (sv) n