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Definition of Plasma protein

1. Noun. Any of the proteins in blood plasma.

Medical Definition of Plasma protein

1. One of the hundreds of different proteins present in blood plasma, including carrier proteins (such albumin, transferrin and haptoglobin), fibrinogen and other coagulation factors, complement components, immunoglobulins, enzyme inhibitors, precursors of substances such as angiotension and bradykinin and many other types of proteins. (14 Oct 1997)

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Literary usage of Plasma protein

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"In the beagle the increase in plasma volume, which may occur as early as 12 hr following birth, is accompanied by an increase in plasma protein ..."

2. The Oxford Medicine by Henry Asbury Christian, James Mackenzie (1920)
"In normal human plasma protein there is 67 per cent, of alpha and 33 per cent, ... In Bright's disease it is the albumin fraction of plasma protein that ..."

3. Modern methods in the diagnosis and treatment of renal disease by Hugh MacLean (1922)
"Even if we assume that an increased protein diet does really increase the plasma protein in some cases, it is difficult to understand why this should result ..."

4. Therapeutic Gazette (1921)
"Maclean has shown that in many cases in spite of a rich protein diet the plasma protein remains the same, and suggests that the beneficial effect of a diet ..."

5. Code of Federal Regulations by U.s. Gpo (2005)
"The proper name of the product shall be plasma protein Fraction (Human). ... Heating of the final containers of plasma protein Fraction (Human) shall begin ..."

6. The Harvey Lectures by Harvey Society of New York, New York Academy of Medicine (1922)
"By improved method he redetermined the osmotic pressure of plasma protein and obtained the figure 25-30 mm. Hg. If the osmotic pressure of plasma protein is ..."

7. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"In the beagle the increase in plasma volume, which may occur as early as 12 hr following birth, is accompanied by an increase in plasma protein ..."

8. The Oxford Medicine by Henry Asbury Christian, James Mackenzie (1920)
"In normal human plasma protein there is 67 per cent, of alpha and 33 per cent, ... In Bright's disease it is the albumin fraction of plasma protein that ..."

9. Modern methods in the diagnosis and treatment of renal disease by Hugh MacLean (1922)
"Even if we assume that an increased protein diet does really increase the plasma protein in some cases, it is difficult to understand why this should result ..."

10. Therapeutic Gazette (1921)
"Maclean has shown that in many cases in spite of a rich protein diet the plasma protein remains the same, and suggests that the beneficial effect of a diet ..."

11. Code of Federal Regulations by U.s. Gpo (2005)
"The proper name of the product shall be plasma protein Fraction (Human). ... Heating of the final containers of plasma protein Fraction (Human) shall begin ..."

12. The Harvey Lectures by Harvey Society of New York, New York Academy of Medicine (1922)
"By improved method he redetermined the osmotic pressure of plasma protein and obtained the figure 25-30 mm. Hg. If the osmotic pressure of plasma protein is ..."

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