globulin

[glob-yuh-lin]

noun Biochemistry.

any of a group of proteins, as myosin, occurring in plant and animal tissue, insoluble in pure water but soluble in dilute salt solutions and coagulable by heat.

any of several groups of blood plasma proteins, divided into fractions, as alpha, beta, or gamma globulin, depending on electrophoretic mobility.

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Origin of globulin

First recorded in 1825–35; globule + -in²

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Examples from the Web for globulin

Globulin has been reported by Hellmich in an undetermined bacterium, but is certainly not commonly found.
The Fundamentals of Bacteriology|Charles Bradfield Morrey
The globulin in the body could not remain in solution if there were not always present a small quantity of salt in the blood.
Encyclopedia of Diet|Eugene Christian
Paraglobulin, par-a-glob′ū-lin, n. a globulin found in blood-serum, fibrino-plastin.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)|Various
The other globulin, serum-globulin, is not coagulated until 75C.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1|Various

Other forms of protein are globulin and myosin, which form the actual muscle-substance.
Encyclopedia of Diet|Eugene Christian

British Dictionary definitions for globulin

globulin

noun

any of a group of simple proteins, including gamma globulin, that are generally insoluble in water but soluble in salt solutions and coagulated by heat

Word Origin for globulin

C19: from globule + -in

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Medicine definitions for globulin

globulin

[glŏb′yə-lĭn]

n.

Any of a family of proteins that are precipitated from plasma by ammonium sulfate and may be further fractionated into many subgroups that differ with respect to associated lipids or carbohydrates.

Science definitions for globulin

globulin

[glŏb′yə-lĭn]

A major class of proteins found in the seeds of plants and in various tissues and substances of vertebrate and invertebrate animals, including blood, muscle, and milk. The globulins in blood comprise all the plasma proteins besides albumin. Two kinds, alpha and beta globulin, are primarily transport proteins or serve as substrates for forming other substances, and include lipoproteins and enzymes. A third kind, the gamma globulins, consists almost entirely of the immunoglobulins. Most globulins are insoluble in water but soluble in saline solution.