name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
pIgG
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/pɪɡ/
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homophone: pig
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CMU ARPABET: P IH1 G Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Abbreviation of polyclonal immunoglobulin G.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable, usually
Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 3
Abbreviation of plasma immunoglobulin G.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
A piggin (“an earthenware vessel, jar, crock”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland
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History
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps from pig (“swine”), due to the shape. Compare also Middle English pig (“a container for wine; the hide of a pig used as a wineskin”), from pigge (“pig”). More at pig.