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haptoglobin (s) (noun), haptoglobin (pl)
A plasma protein that is a normal constituent of blood serum and functions in the binding of free hemoglobin in the bloodstream: Haptoglobin is one of the acid plasma glycoproteins that binds to oxyhemoglobin that is free in the plasma and the complex is then removed in the liver.
This entry is located in the following units: glob-, glom- (page 4) hapt-, hapto-, -hapte + (page 1)