intravenous immunoglobulin
noun
variants
or less commonly intravenous immune globulin
: a therapeutic preparation containing antibodies and especially IgG antibodies obtained from the pooled blood plasma of usually thousands of blood donors that is administered via a vein especially to treat immunodeficiency, autoimmune, or inflammatory conditions (such as severe combined immunodeficiency, Guillain-Barré syndrome, posttransfusion purpura, or dermatomyositis)
She was treated with steroids and intravenous immunoglobulin therapy, used to reduce the severity of infections by giving the body antibodies to protect against bacteria and viruses.
Some worry that supplies of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG), which is made of blood plasma from donors, may run short if a clinical trial confirms its effectiveness at slowing the progress of Alzheimer's.—
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—abbreviation IVIG
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Pickering was treated with immunotherapy, including intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) and plasma exchange, which is the standard treatment of care for the condition.
—Toria Sheffield, People.com, 31 May 2025
Many patients are thus treated with intensive and laborious infusions of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) therapy.
—Juergen Eckhardt, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Davis is closely following a number of up-and-running trials, led by individual research groups and universities, which are testing immunomodulators, HIV drugs, rapamycin, intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG), enzymes called nattokinase and lumbrokinase, and other therapies.
—Will Stone, NPR, 12 Mar. 2025
Nath is currently running a Long Covid trial of intravenous immunoglobulin, which broadly modulates the immune system, including neutralizing autoantibodies.
—Byjennifer Couzin-Frankel, science.org, 21 June 2024
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Toria Sheffield, People.com, 31 May 2025
Many patients are thus treated with intensive and laborious infusions of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) therapy.
—Juergen Eckhardt, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Davis is closely following a number of up-and-running trials, led by individual research groups and universities, which are testing immunomodulators, HIV drugs, rapamycin, intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG), enzymes called nattokinase and lumbrokinase, and other therapies.
—Will Stone, NPR, 12 Mar. 2025
Nath is currently running a Long Covid trial of intravenous immunoglobulin, which broadly modulates the immune system, including neutralizing autoantibodies.
—Byjennifer Couzin-Frankel, science.org, 21 June 2024
See All Example Sentences for intravenous immunoglobulin
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“Intravenous immunoglobulin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intravenous%20immunoglobulin. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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