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Definition of Thyroglobulin

1. Noun. An iodine containing protein that is obtained from the thyroid gland and exhibits the general properties of the globulins.

Definition of Thyroglobulin

1. Noun. (protein) A globulin, produced by the thyroid gland, that has a role in the production of the thyroid hormones ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Thyroglobulin

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Medical Definition of Thyroglobulin

1. The 650 kD protein of the thyroid gland that binds thyroxine. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thyroglobulin

Literary usage of Thyroglobulin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"O. 100 The quantum yield of tryptophan fluorescence in thyroglobulin is ... In native thyroglobulin, this enhancement occurs gradually between 3 and 9 M ..."

2. The Internal Secretory Organs: Their Physiology and Pathology by Artur Biedl (1913)
"The relative quantity of iodine to the whole amount of thyroglobulin becomes ... There is no iodine in the thyroglobulin of goitres which are free from ..."

3. The Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands by Hubert Richardson (1905)
"51.82 7.05 15.46 0.19 1.83 51.85 6.88 0.18 15.49 0.34 1.87 0.51 23.65 23.57 These analyses show that the elementary composition of the thyroglobulin is the ..."

4. Mineral Tolerance of Animals by National Research Council (U. S.) (2005)
"thyroglobulin consists of two polypeptide subunits that undergo ... thyroglobulin in the colloid contains the greatest part of iodine in a normal thyroid. ..."

5. Modern Medicine: Its Theory and Practice, in Original Contributions by by William Osler (1909)
"Iodine in other forms does not act like thyroglobulin in oxygen and nitrogen ... Oswald thought iodine essential to the activity of the thyroglobulin. ..."

6. Reviews in Environmental Health (1998): Toxicological Defense Mechanics edited by Gary E. R. Hook, George W. Lucier (2000)
"The basic precursors of thyroid hormone biosynthesis are iodide (primarily from dietary sources) and thyroglobulin (a glyco- protein found in the thyroid ..."

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