Meanings
plural immunoglobulins · alternative abbreviation Ig
- biochemistryAny 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
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of the glycoproteins in blood serum that respond to invasion by foreign antigens and that protect the host by removing pathogens; an antibody.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*mey-
- Proto-Indo-European*moy-nós
- Proto-Italic*moinos
- Latinmūnus
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Italic*n̥-
- Latinin-
- Latinin- -is
- Latinimmūnis
- Middle Frenchimmun
- Englishimmune
- Englishimmuno-
- Latinglobus
- Latinglobulu
- Frenchglobule
- Englishglobule
- Englishglobulin
- Englishimmunoglobulin
Translations
Basque immunoglobulina
- immunoglobulinaglycoprotein protecting the host
Catalan immunoglobulina
- immunoglobulinaglycoprotein protecting the host
Chinese Mandarin 免疫球蛋白
- 免疫球蛋白 (miǎnyì qiúdànbái)glycoprotein protecting the host
Czech imunoglobulin
- imunoglobulinglycoprotein protecting the host
Estonian antikeha
- antikehaglycoprotein protecting the host
Finnish immunoglobuliini
- immunoglobuliiniglycoprotein protecting the host
French immunoglobuline
- immunoglobulineglycoprotein protecting the host
German Immunglobulin
- Immunglobulinglycoprotein protecting the host
Indonesian imunoglobulin
- imunoglobulinglycoprotein protecting the host
Irish glóbailin imdhíonachta
- glóbailin imdhíonachtaglycoprotein protecting the host
Italian immunoglobulina
- immunoglobulinaglycoprotein protecting the host
Japanese 免疫グロブリン
- 免疫グロブリン (men'eki guroburin)glycoprotein protecting the host
Portuguese imunoglobulina
- imunoglobulinaglycoprotein protecting the host
Romanian imunoglobulină
- imunoglobulinăglycoprotein protecting the host
Russian иммуноглобулин
- иммуноглобулин (immunoglobulin)glycoprotein protecting the host
Slovak imunoglobulín
- imunoglobulínglycoprotein protecting the host
Spanish inmunoglobulina
- inmunoglobulinaglycoprotein protecting the host
Swedish immunoglobulin, immunglobulin
- immunoglobulinglycoprotein protecting the host
- immunglobulinglycoprotein protecting the host
Cite this entry
immunoglobulin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immunoglobulin
“immunoglobulin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immunoglobulin. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “immunoglobulin,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immunoglobulin.
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