haptoglobin meaning

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haptoglobin (noun): a protein in plasma that binds free hemoglobin and removes it (as from wounds).

Definition of haptoglobin

  1. a protein in plasma that binds free hemoglobin and removes it (as from wounds)

    Type of: protein

Scrabble score: 19 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with HA · words ending in IN · 11-letter words

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