SERUM GLOBULIN

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Globulins occurring in blood serum and containing most of the antibodies of the blood

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("serum globulin" is a kind of...):

globulin (a family of proteins found in blood and milk and muscle and in plant seed)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "serum globulin"):

C-reactive protein; CRP (a byproduct of inflammation; a globulin that is found in the blood in some cases of acute inflammation)

Holonyms ("serum globulin" is a substance of...):

blood serum; serum (an amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates)

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