C-reactive protein

noun

Etymology

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

Definitions

  1. A protein found in the blood, whose plasma concentrations are raised in patients with…

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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for C-reactive protein. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA