haptoglobin (English, noun)
expansion: haptoglobin (plural haptoglobins)
Senses:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protein in blood plasma that binds free hemoglobin released from erythrocytes and thereby inhibits its oxidative activity.
Forms:
form: haptoglobins
tags: plural