See Also: thyroxine-binding globulin(medicine)
thyroxine-binding proteins(medicine)
Thyroxine-binding protein(medicine)
sex steroid-binding globulin(medicine)
Corticosteroid-binding globulin(medicine)
progesterone-binding globulin(medicine)
thyroid binding globulin(medicine)
sex hormone-binding globulin(medicine)
testosterone-oestrogen-binding globulin(medicine)
gonadal steroid-binding globulin(medicine)

Mankind (medicine) and thyroxine-binding globulin (medicine)


Mankind (medicine)


mankind


1. The human race; man, taken collectively. "The proper study of mankind is man." (Pore)

2. Men, as distinguished from women; the male portion of human race.

3. Human feelings; humanity.

Origin: AS. Mancynn. See Kin kindred, Kind.

Manlike; not womanly; masculine; bold; cruel. "Are women grown so mankind? Must they be wooing?" (Beau. & Fl) "Be not too mankind against your wife." (Chapman)

Source: Websters Dictionary


thyroxine-binding globulin (medicine)


thyroxine-binding globulin


An alpha-globulin of blood with a strong binding affinity for thyroxine; triiodothyronine is bound to it much less firmly; a deficiency or excess of this protein may occur as a rare benign X-linked disorder.

Synonym: thyroxine-binding protein.