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C-reactive Protein

Definition: C-reactive Protein

C-reactive Protein

Noun

1. A byproduct of inflammation; a globulin that is found in the blood in some cases of acute inflammation.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definition: C-reactive Protein

DomainDefinition

Health

A plasma protein that circulates in increased amounts during inflammation and after tissue damage. (references)

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Specialty Definition: C-reactive protein

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

C-reactive protein is a plasma protein produced by the liver. Its levels rise dramatically during inflammatory processes occurring in the body. Measuring and charting C-reactive protein values can prove useful in determining disease progress or the effectiveness of treatments.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "C-reactive protein."

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Commercial Usage: C-reactive Protein

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Books

  • C-reactive protein and the plasma protein response to tissue injury (reference)

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Modern Translation: C-reactive Protein

Language Translations for "C-reactive protein"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Finnish

  

C-reaktiivinen proteiini. (various references)

   

French

  

C réactive protéine, protéine C réactive. (various references)

   

German

  

C-reaktives Protein. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

C-αντιδρώσα πρωτεϊνη. (various references)

   

Italian

  

proteina C reattiva. (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

proteína C reactiva. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

proteína-C-reactiva. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

C-reaktivt protein, akutfasprotein. (various references)

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Anagrams: C-reactive Protein

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-e-e-i-i-n-o-p-r-r-t-t-v"

-2 letters: interoperative.

-3 letters: contraceptive, interoceptive, reciprocative.

-4 letters: interpretive, practitioner.

-5 letters: areocentric, contractive, corecipient, crepitation, inoperative, interactive, intercepter, interceptor, nociceptive, partitioner, penetrative, preconceive, procreative, protractive, reciprocate, reiteration, reiterative, reorientate, repartition, retroactive.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Bibliography


  

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