Hypertext Webster Gateway: "globulin"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
globulin
n : a family of proteins found in blood and milk and muscle and
in plant seed
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