Definition of "globulins" [globulins]

• Plural form of globulin. (noun)

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• "University of Campinas Professor Paulo Mazzafera said peas, beans and other plant seeds contain proteins called globulins, which ward off insects and coffee beans contain large amounts of globulins."
• "Peas, beans and some other plant seeds contain proteins, called globulins, which ward off insects."
• "This had the properties associated with a group of proteins called "globulins" and was therefore named thyroglobulin (thy'roh-glob'-yoo-lin)."