ig

Other forms of ig

plural

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Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ig

What does ig mean?

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

How many syllables are in ig?

ig has 1 syllable under the regular spelling rules, and is not divided further. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for ig?

Close synonyms include immunoglobulin, immune serum globulin, immune gamma globulin, immune 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 ig a common word?

ig is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.