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C-reactive_protein

C-reactive protein

English

Noun

C-reactive protein ‎(uncountable) (abbreviation CRP)

  1. (hematology) A protein found in the blood, whose plasma concentrations are raised in patients with infection or inflammation.

Etymology

On discovery (in 1930) the substance was observed to react to the C polysaccharide of pneumococcus.

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