zoster immune globulin


zos·ter im·mune glob·u·lin

a globulin fraction of pooled plasma from patients who have recovered from herpes zoster; used prophylactically for immunosuppressed children exposed to varicella and therapeutically to ameliorate varicella infection.

zos·ter im·mune glob·u·lin

(ZIG) (zos'tĕr i-myūn' glob'yū-lin) Globulin fraction of pooled plasma from patients who have recovered from herpes zoster; used prophylactically for immunosuppressed children exposed to varicella and therapeutically to ameliorate varicella infection.