acute-phase protein (English, noun)
expansion: acute-phase protein (plural acute-phase proteins)
Senses:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
immunology
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any of a class of proteins whose plasma concentrations change in response to inflammation, such as C-reactive protein.
Forms:
form: acute-phase proteins
tags: plural
form: acute phase protein
tags: alternative