Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun immunoglobulin_a

1 sense of immunoglobulin a

Sense 1
immunoglobulin A, IgA -- (one of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins; the chief antibody in the membranes of the gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts)
       => immunoglobulin, Ig, immune serum globulin, immune gamma globulin, immune globulin -- (a class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response)