immunoglobulin (n.)

  1. a class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response

    [ Syn: ig , ig , immune serum globulin , immune serum globulin , immune gamma globulin , immune gamma globulin , immune globulin , immune globulin ]

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