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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A globulin that appears in the blood in certain acute inflammatory conditions, such as rheumatic fever, bacterial infections, and neoplastic diseases.
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- noun hematology A
protein found in theblood , whose plasma concentrations are raised in patients withinfection orinflammation .
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- noun a byproduct of inflammation; a globulin that is found in the blood in some cases of acute inflammation
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[C-(polysaccharide) reactive.]
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On discovery (in 1930) the substance was observed to react to the C polysaccharide of pneumococcus.
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