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THYROGLOBULIN

Dictionary entry overview: What does thyroglobulin mean?

• THYROGLOBULIN (noun)
The noun THYROGLOBULIN has 1 sense:

1. an iodine containing protein that is obtained from the thyroid gland and exhibits the general properties of the globulins

Familiarity information: THYROGLOBULIN used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• THYROGLOBULIN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An iodine containing protein that is obtained from the thyroid gland and exhibits the general properties of the globulins

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("thyroglobulin" is a kind of...):

iodinated protein; iodoprotein (a protein that contains iodine)

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