C-REACTIVE PROTEIN


Meaning of C-REACTIVE PROTEIN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsē-rē-ˈak-tiv- ]

noun

Etymology: C-polysaccharide, a polysaccharide found in the cell wall of pneumococci and precipitated by this protein, from carbohydrate

Date: 1955

: a protein present in blood serum in various abnormal states (as inflammation or neoplasia)

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