agammaglobulinemia | (noun) a rare immunological disorder characterized by the virtual absence of gamma globulin in the blood and consequent susceptibility to infection | - |
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conglobation | (noun) an occurrence combining miscellaneous things into a (more or less) rounded mass | Synonyms: conglomeration |
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(noun) a rounded spherical form | Synonyms: conglomeration |
glob | (noun) a compact mass | Synonyms: ball, chunk, clod, clump, lump |
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globalisation | (noun) growth to a global or worldwide scale | Synonyms: globalization |
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globalization | (noun) growth to a global or worldwide scale | Synonyms: globalisation |
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globe | (noun) a sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented | - |
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(noun) the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on | Synonyms: Earth, earth, world |
(noun) an object with a spherical shape | Synonyms: ball, orb |
globefish | (noun) any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe; several species contain a potent nerve poison; closely related to spiny puffers | Synonyms: blowfish, puffer, pufferfish |
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globeflower | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Trollius having globose yellow flowers | Synonyms: globe flower |
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globetrotter | (noun) someone who travels widely and often | Synonyms: world traveler |
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globigerina | (noun) marine protozoan having a rounded shell with spiny processes | - |
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globin | (noun) a colorless protein obtained by removing heme from hemoglobin; the oxygen carrying compound in red blood cells | Synonyms: haematohiston, hematohiston |
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globosity | (noun) the roundness of a 3-dimensional object | Synonyms: globularness, rotundity, rotundness, sphericalness, sphericity |
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globularness | (noun) the roundness of a 3-dimensional object | Synonyms: globosity, rotundity, rotundness, sphericalness, sphericity |
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globule | (noun) a small globe or ball | - |
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globulin | (noun) a family of proteins found in blood and milk and muscle and in plant seed | - |
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haemoglobin | (noun) a hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color; function primarily to transport oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues | Synonyms: Hb, hemoglobin |
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haemoglobinemia | (noun) presence of excessive hemoglobin in the blood plasma | Synonyms: hemoglobinemia |
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haemoglobinopathy | (noun) a blood disease characterized by the presence of abnormal hemoglobins in the blood | Synonyms: hemoglobinopathy |
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haemoglobinuria | (noun) presence of hemoglobin in the urine | Synonyms: hemoglobinuria |
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haptoglobin | (noun) a protein in plasma that binds free hemoglobin and removes it (as from wounds) | - |
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hemoglobin | (noun) a hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color; function primarily to transport oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues | Synonyms: haemoglobin, Hb |
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hemoglobinemia | (noun) presence of excessive hemoglobin in the blood plasma | Synonyms: haemoglobinemia |
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hemoglobinopathy | (noun) a blood disease characterized by the presence of abnormal hemoglobins in the blood | Synonyms: haemoglobinopathy |
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hemoglobinuria | (noun) presence of hemoglobin in the urine | Synonyms: haemoglobinuria |
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hypogammaglobulinemia | (noun) an abnormally low concentration of gamma globulin in the blood and increased risk of infection | - |
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immunoglobulin | (noun) a class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response | Synonyms: Ig, immune gamma globulin, immune globulin, immune serum globulin |
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lactoglobulin | (noun) a globular protein found in milk. | - |
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myoglobin | (noun) a hemoprotein that receives oxygen from hemoglobin and stores it in the tissues until needed | - |
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myoglobinuria | (noun) the presence of myoglobin in the urine | - |
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oxyhaemoglobin | (noun) the bright red hemoglobin that is a combination of hemoglobin and oxygen from the lungs | Synonyms: oxyhemoglobin |
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oxyhemoglobin | (noun) the bright red hemoglobin that is a combination of hemoglobin and oxygen from the lungs | Synonyms: oxyhaemoglobin |
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thyroglobulin | (noun) an iodine containing protein that is obtained from the thyroid gland and exhibits the general properties of the globulins | - |
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