See Also: haptoglobins(medicine)

Amosite (law) and haptoglobins (medicine)


Amosite (law)




Another one of six naturally occurring fibrous minerals forming the group called asbestos. Amosite was a common form of asbestos used in commercial products and is light gray to pale brown in color.





haptoglobins (medicine)


haptoglobins
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.