c-reactive protein

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsCRP

   Broaderserum globulin

Questions about c-reactive protein

What does c-reactive protein mean?

c-reactive protein means "a byproduct of inflammation; a globulin that is found in the blood in some cases of acute inflammation".

What is another word for c-reactive protein?

Close synonyms include CRP. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is c-reactive protein a common word?

c-reactive protein is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.