Medical Terminology / Unit 8 MedTerm 0490 short lesson, about 20 seconds
-globulin: Protein
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The idea
The suffix globulin names a class of proteins, and in immune terms names the antibody proteins.
In practice
An immunoglobulin is an antibody protein.
Where people slip
Globulin names a protein family; globin alone names the oxygen-carrying protein of red cells.
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