Haptoglobin

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A protein in blood plasma that binds free hemoglobin released from erythrocytes and thereby inhibits its oxidative activity.
  2. 2
    a protein in plasma that binds free hemoglobin and removes it (as from wounds) wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
haptoglobulin

Etymology

Analysable as hapto- + globin. .

Related phrases

blood plasma

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