THROMBOPLASTIN


Meaning of THROMBOPLASTIN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˈplas-tən ]

noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from thromboplastic

Date: 1911

: a complex enzyme found especially in platelets that functions in the conversion of prothrombin into thrombin in the clotting of blood

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