Medical Definition of Haptoglobins
1. Plasma glycoproteins that form a stable complex with haemoglobin to aid the recycling of haem iron. They are encoded in man by a gene on the short arm of chromosome 16. (12 Dec 1998)
1. Plasma glycoproteins that form a stable complex with haemoglobin to aid the recycling of haem iron. They are encoded in man by a gene on the short arm of chromosome 16. (12 Dec 1998)