ANTIHEMOPHILIC FACTOR


Meaning of ANTIHEMOPHILIC FACTOR in English

/an'tee hee'meuh fil"ik, -hem'euh-/ , Biochem.

a protein that is essential to normal blood clotting and is lacking or deficient in persons having hemophilia A. Abbr.: AHF Also called factor VIII .

[ 1945-50; ANTI- + HEMOPHILIC ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .