Associations to the word «Haptoglobin»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

HAPTOGLOBIN, noun. A protein in plasma that binds free hemoglobin and removes it (as from wounds).

Wise words

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Ernest Hemingway