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What is a globulin?

What is a globulin? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (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.
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Immune serum globulin has been used prophylactically and therapeutically against enteroviruses in neonates and immunocompromised patients.
All previously unvaccinated household and sexual contacts of persons with serologically confirmed hepatitis A should receive immune globulin.
For the past 20 years, intravenously administered immune globulin has been used in the treatment of agammaglobulinemia.
The lung disease progressed over the last year despite treatment with steroids, cyclosporine, cloxacillin, and gamma globulin.
Plasma cells then make excess gamma globulin antibody immune proteins that latch onto specific invaders.
Wheat also contains two other proteins, albumin and globulin, which are soluble in water and dissolve when the flour is wetted.

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