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IgM

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IgM
abbr.
immunoglobulin M
IGM Chess
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(Group Games / Chess & Draughts) International Grandmaster
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Noun1.IgM - one of the five major classes of immunoglobulins; involved in fighting blood infections and in triggering production of immunoglobulin G
immunoglobulin M
Ig, immune gamma globulin, immune globulin, immune serum globulin, immunoglobulin - a class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response
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