immunoglobulin m

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   one of the five major classes of immunoglobulins; involved in fighting blood infections and in triggering production of immunoglobulin G

   SynonymsIgM

   Broaderimmunoglobulin

Questions about immunoglobulin m

What does immunoglobulin m mean?

immunoglobulin m means "one of the five major classes of immunoglobulins; involved in fighting blood infections and in triggering production of immunoglobulin G".

What is another word for immunoglobulin m?

Close synonyms include IgM. 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 immunoglobulin m a common word?

immunoglobulin m 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.