GLOBULIN

n. Glo2b'u2l-i2n. Lat., globulinum. Fr., globnline. Gei\, G. lt.,Sp.,globnlina. 1. A proteid substance differing from albumin in its insolubility in water. It is soluble in solutions of sodium chloride or of magnesium sulphate, and coagulates at 75 C. It occurs in the form of vitellin, myosin, flbrinogen, para globulin, and the g. of the crystalline lens. [J. Munk (A, 319 [a, 21 J ); K.] 2. Of Kieser, the greenish globules found among vegetable cells. Of Turpin, minute granules which he regarded as the ultimate elements of vegetable ti ue, but which are nothing more than disintegrated vegetable cells or little aggregations of starch and coloring matter. [B, 7. | See also GLOBULINS. Acid g. See SYNTONIN. Crystalline g., Crystallized g. Syn.: crystalline vitellin. A pure crystallized proteid obtained from various seeds, such as those of the squash or pumpkin. [J.] Fibriiioplastic g. Fr.. globulins fibrinoplastique. Ger.,fibrinoplastisches(f. See PARA GLOBULIN. Serum g. See PARA GLOBULIN. GLOBULIN A (Lat.), [s. 201]