haptoglobin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A protein in blood plasma that binds free hemoglobin released from erythrocytes and thereby inhibits its oxidative activity.

Word forms

haptoglobin haptoglobins

Etymology

Analysable as hapto- + globin. .

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