C-REACTIVE PROTEIN


Meaning of C-REACTIVE PROTEIN in English

[C-re.ac.tive protein] n [C-polysaccharide, a polysaccharide found in the cell wall of pneumococci and precipitated by this protein, fr. carbohydrate] (1955): a protein present in blood serum in various abnormal states (as inflammation or neoplasia)

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