gamma globulin

1. 1.

   a plasma protein containing the immunoglobulins that are responsible for immune responses

   Synonymshuman gamma globulin

   Broaderplasma proteinglobulin

   Narrowerimmunoglobulin

Questions about gamma globulin

What does gamma globulin mean?

gamma globulin means "a plasma protein containing the immunoglobulins that are responsible for immune responses".

What is another word for gamma globulin?

Close synonyms include human gamma globulin. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gamma globulin a common word?

gamma globulin is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.