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HSP

HSP is the initialism of heat shock protein.

HSP is the initialism of Henoch-Schönlein purpura.

HSP is the initialism of halal snack pack.

HSP is the initialism of highly sensitive person.

HSP is the initialism of highest shoulder point.

HSP is the initialism of hidden subgroup problem.

Meaning of heat shock protein

Noun

heat shock protein (plural heat shock proteins)

  1. A class of proteins produced when an organism undergoes heat stress or stress, which is then used to bind to heat intolerant proteins to stabilize their structures, and initiate some of the organism's stress responses.
    Synonyms:
    HSP

Meaning of Henoch-Schönlein purpura

Noun

Henoch-Schönlein purpura (countable and uncountable, plural Henoch-Schönlein purpuras)

  1. A disease of the skin and other organs, resulting in palpable purpura, often with joint and abdominal pain, and occasionally leading to kidney disease.

Forms of HSP

pluralHSPs

Questions about HSP

What is HSP the initialism of?
HSP is the initialism of heat shock protein.

Words near HSP in the dictionary

  1. HSL
  2. HSM
  3. HSMs
  4. HSMTMTS
  5. HSN
  6. HSP
  7. HSPA
  8. HSPs
  9. HSQLDB
  10. HSR
  11. HSS

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Adapted from Wiktionary: HSP (page history and authors); heat shock protein (page history and authors); Henoch-Schönlein purpura (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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