HAPTOGLOBIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does haptoglobin mean? 

• HAPTOGLOBIN (noun)
  The noun HAPTOGLOBIN has 1 sense:

1. a protein in plasma that binds free hemoglobin and removes it (as from wounds)

  Familiarity information: HAPTOGLOBIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HAPTOGLOBIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("haptoglobin" is a kind of...):

protein (any of a large group of nitrogenous organic compounds that are essential constituents of living cells; consist of polymers of amino acids; essential in the diet of animals for growth and for repair of tissues; can be obtained from meat and eggs and milk and legumes)

 Context examples 

The determination of the amount of haptoglobin protein present in a sample.

(Haptoglobin Protein Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of the haptoglobin protein in a biological specimen.

(Haptoglobin Protein Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

This allele, which encodes haptoglobin protein, is involved in both the prevention of iron loss in the kidney and in the protection of damage in the kidney.

(HP wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A finding based on laboratory test results that indicate an decrease in levels of haptoglobin in a blood specimen.

(Haptoglobin Decreased, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

A laboratory test result which indicates decreased levels of haptoglobin in a biological specimen.

(Haptoglobin Decreased, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes scavenger receptor cysteine-rich type 1 protein M130, is involved in the clearance and endocytosis of hemoglobin/haptoglobin complexes by macrophages.

(CD163 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Haptoglobin (406 aa, ~45 kDa) is encoded by the human HP gene.

(Haptoglobin, NCI Thesaurus)

A patented biomarker test (APHP, 2001) that measures liver pathology through the assessment of a six-parameter blood test (for alpha-2-macroglobulin, haptoglobin, apolipoprotein A1, gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase, total bilirubin, and alanine aminotransferase), taking into account the age and gender of the patient.

(FibroTest Score Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)