Medical Definition of Heavy chain

1. In general, the larger polypeptide in a multimeric protein. Thus the immunoglobulin heavy chain is of 50 kD, the light chain of 22 kD, whereas in myosin the heavy chain is very much larger (220 kD) than the light chains (~20 kD). This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Heavy Chain

heavy
heavy(a)
heavy(p)
heavy-armed
heavy-coated
heavy-duty
heavy-footed
heavy-handed
heavy-laden
heavyhearted
heavyheartedly
heavyheartedness
heavyset
heavyweight
heavyweights
heavy chain (current term)
heavy chain disease
heavy cream
heavy hitter
heavy hydrogen
heavy hydrogen
Heavy Ion Beams
heavy lifting
heavy liquid petrolatum
heavy metal
heavy metal
heavy metal neuropathy
heavy nitrogen
heavy oxygen
heavy particle

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