globulin
See also: Globulin
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Noun
globulin (countable and uncountable, plural globulins)
- (biochemistry) Any of a group of simple proteins, soluble in water only in the presence of salts, that are coagulated by heat; one of the two parts of haemoglobin.
- 1993 November 27, Teresa L. Wright, Johnson Y. N. Lau, “Clinical aspects of hepatitis B virus infection”, in The Lancet, volume 342, number 8883, [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7694023 ���PMID], page 1342:
- The most effective approach to delaying and preventing recurrent HBV infection has been high dose immune globulin (anti-HBsIg) perioperatively and postoperatively (table 4).
- 1994 March 20, James Yenckel, “Health in the Tropics”, in The Washington Post[1]:
- On the good news front, the guide reports that a new hepatitis A vaccine, which is now licensed in Europe, should be available in the United States sometime this year. It provides longer protection than the current recommended vaccine -- immune globulin (IG) -- against the hepatitis A virus, which means it does not have to be administered as frequently.
- 2000, Kimbra Cutlip, “Preventing needlestick injuries in healthcare settings”, in Hospital Topics[2], volume 78, [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11010461 ���PMID]:
- Even for the unprotected, those who are exposed can expect 90 percent effectiveness with a course of postexposure prophylaxis that includes hepatitis B immune globulin and initiation of hepatitis B vaccine.
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protein
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References
- OED2