"microglobulin" meaning in English

See microglobulin in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: microglobulins [plural]
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  1. A low molecular-weight globulin.
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  2. A peptide fragment of a globulin.
    Sense id: en-microglobulin-en-noun-K8eDEVxx
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: microglobulinuria

Inflected forms

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