English Explanatory Dictionary

C-reactive protein

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A protein found in the blood, whose plasma concentrations are raised in patients with infection or inflammation.

Word forms

C-reactive protein CRP

Etymology

On discovery (in 1930) the substance was observed to react to the C polysaccharide of pneumococcus.

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