Globulin

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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[ae]matin to form h[ae]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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  globulin
       n : a family of proteins found in blood and milk and muscle and
           in plant seed