| macroglobulinemia |
(MAK-ro-GLOB-u-li-NE-me-uh) A condition in which the blood contains high levels of large proteins and is too thick to flow through small blood vessels. One type is Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia, which is a type of cancer.
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| macroglobulinemia |
An increase of one type of immunoglobulin referred to as macroglobulin. It differs from other immunoglobulin molecules in being five times the size of standard-sized immunoglobulin. In this disease state, B lymphocytes produce an excess amount of this type of immunoglobulin. The malignant form of the disease, a type of chronic B lymphocyte leukemia, is referred to as Waldenstr?
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| macroglobulin |
a plasma globulin with high molecular weight, such as alpha2-macroglobulin or the IgM M component of Waldenström's macroglobulinemia.
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