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Definition: IgM

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins; involved in fighting blood infections and in triggering production of immunoglobulin G.[Wordnet].

Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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"IgM" is a common misspelling or typo for: IBM, GIM, IEGM.

Date "IgM" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1969. (references)

Specialty Definition: IgM

Domain Definition
Aerospace 1: Iterative Guidance Mode. (references)
  2: Interactive Guidance Mode. (references)
Environment 1: In-line gamma monitor. (references)
  2: Interplanetary global model. (references)
Geology A class of immunoglobulin proteins which have complement fixation antibodies and which are excellent at attacking a certain type of antigen (ones with repeated antigenic determinants), including ones found on bacterial cells. One of five classes of immunoglobulin. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: IgM

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry Source Expression Field
IgM Dutch Immoglobuline M Chemistry, Medicine
IgM English Macro-immunoglobulin Chemistry, Medicine
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Extended Definition: IgM

IGM

IGM might be an acronym or abbreviation for:

  • The polymeric immunoglobulin, IgM
  • International Grandmaster, a chess ranking
  • intergalactic medium
  • Intragroup medium - see: Intracluster medium
  • IG Metall - the dominant German metalworkers' union
  • IGM Financial Inc. - Canada's largest manager and distributor of mutual funds and other managed asset products
  • "In Game Modules" coined by Robinson Technologies
  • Kingman Airport in Kingman, Arizona (IATA Code: IGM)
  • Institut Gaspard Monge
  • Industrial Ghetto Metal, a multi-genre band out of Memphis

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "IGM". Image Credit.
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Topics by Level of Interest: IgM

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
IGM Financial 58     Hyper IgM syndrome 4
Hyper IgM syndrome 4     IGM 3
IGM 3     IGM Financial 58

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

"IgM" is a common misspelling or typo for: IBM, GIM, IEGM.

Synonym: IgM
Position Synonym (sorted by strength)

Expression

 immunoglobulin m.
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