globulin : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: globulin	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for globulin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
globulin n a family of proteins found in blood and milk and muscle and in plant seed
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Globulin \Glob"u*lin\, n. [From {Globule}: cf. F. globuline.] (Phisiol. Chem.) An albuminous body, insoluble in water, but soluble in dilute solutions of salt. It is present in the red blood corpuscles united with h[91]matin to form h[91]moglobin. It is also found in the crystalline lens of the eye, and in blood serum, and is sometimes called crystallin. In the plural the word is applied to a group of proteid substances such as vitellin, myosin, fibrinogen, etc., all insoluble in water, but soluble in dilute salt solutions.