haptoglobin

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Etymology

Analysable as hapto- +‎ globin. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. .

Noun

haptoglobin (plural haptoglobins)

  1. (biochemistry) A protein in blood plasma that binds free hemoglobin released from erythrocytes and thereby inhibits its oxidative activity.
    Synonym: haptoglobulin

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