Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation immunoglobulin
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- abbreviation medicine
immunoglobulin orantibody
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Just ask Professors Darryl Gwynne and David Rentz, whose study snared the Ig Nobel Prize also known as "Ig" or "Igs" in Biology on Thursday night.
Katherine Meusey: Ig Nobel Prizes: Think First, Then Laugh Katherine Meusey 2011
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The Iggys -- more formally know as the Ig Nobel prizes -- are an annual parody of the Nobel prizes.
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One of the distinguishing features of immunoglobulins is a structural feature called the Ig fold, and if you read the literature on the immune system, you will learn that the immunoglobulins are part of the Ig fold superfamily, one of the largest families in the animal kingdom.
Stuck on you, biological Velcro and the evolution of adaptive immunity - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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Some years ago, she created a web comic called "Ig City" and sent a link to an agent named Dan Lazar, who liked her art and writing.
The Seattle Times 2011
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Just ask Professors Darryl Gwynne and David Rentz, whose study snared the Ig Nobel Prize also known as "Ig" or "Igs" in Biology on Thursday night.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Katherine Meusey 2011
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Variable and constant domains share a similar structure, called the Ig fold.
WN.com - Articles related to Plants give up some deep secrets of drought resistance 2010
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Variable and constant domains share a similar structure, called the Ig fold.
WN.com - Articles related to Plants give up some deep secrets of drought resistance 2010
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Variable and constant domains share a similar structure, called the Ig fold.
WN.com - Articles related to Plants give up some deep secrets of drought resistance 2010
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(Science Friday is a two-hour program; the Ig will be the first of those hours.)
Improbable Research 2009
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Should be some kind of Ig Nobel prize for her, because they'll make you laugh, then make you think...
Chappy Chanukah 2009
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