PLASMA PROTEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does plasma protein mean? 

• PLASMA PROTEIN (noun)
  The noun PLASMA PROTEIN has 1 sense:

1. any of the proteins in blood plasma

  Familiarity information: PLASMA PROTEIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLASMA PROTEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of the proteins in blood plasma

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("plasma protein" is a kind of...):

protein (any of a large group of nitrogenous organic compounds that are essential constituents of living cells; consist of polymers of amino acids; essential in the diet of animals for growth and for repair of tissues; can be obtained from meat and eggs and milk and legumes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "plasma protein"):

gamma globulin; human gamma globulin (a plasma protein containing the immunoglobulins that are responsible for immune responses)

clotting factor; coagulation factor (any of the factors in the blood whose actions are essential for blood coagulation)

Holonyms ("plasma protein" is a substance of...):

blood plasma; plasm; plasma (the colorless watery fluid of the blood and lymph that contains no cells, but in which the blood cells (erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes) are suspended)

 Context examples 

They are found in a varying number of copies, in some serine proteases and plasma proteins.

(Kringle Domain, NCI Thesaurus)

A process to isolate plasma proteins by cooling the plasma to form a precipitate.

(Plasma Protein Cryoprecipitation, NCI Thesaurus)

Specifically, plasma protein and platelets form blood adsorption on the gel surface and trigger a blood clotting cascade.

(Injectable Bandage Created, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Heat- and storage-stable plasma protein that is activated by tissue thromboplastin to form factor VIIa in the extrinsic pathway of blood coagulation.

(Coagulation Factor VII, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Ethacrynic acid is extensively bound to plasma proteins; both ethacrynic acid in its unchanged form as well as its metabolites are excreted in bile and urine.

(Ethacrynate Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

An abnormal plasma protein that precipitates within the microvasculature on exposure to cold; microvasculature effects of cryoglobulinemia may result in restricted tissue blood flow, tissue hypoxia, and tissue necrosis.

(Cryoglobulin, NCI Thesaurus)

A multistep purification process that isolates plasma proteins based upon the differential solubility of proteins in ethanol solutions.

(Plasma Protein Cold Ethanol Fractionation, NCI Thesaurus)

Furthermore, alniditan may potentially reduce plasma protein extravasation, which may be another mechanism by which this agent relieves vascular headaches.

(Alniditan, NCI Thesaurus)

Alpha-fetoprotein is a major plasma protein produced by the yolk sac and the liver during fetal life.

(Alpha-fetoprotein, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)

The complement system of plasma proteins is an important part of the immune system that forms a cascade of factors that lyses foreign cells.

(Alternative Complement Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)