haptoglobin

1. 1.

   a protein in plasma that binds free hemoglobin and removes it (as from wounds)

   Broaderprotein

Other forms of haptoglobin

plural

haptoglobins·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about haptoglobin

What does haptoglobin mean?

haptoglobin means "a protein in plasma that binds free hemoglobin and removes it (as from wounds)".

How many syllables are in haptoglobin?

haptoglobin has 4 syllables and divides as hap-to-glo-bin under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.