English Explanatory Dictionary

thromboplastin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A protease that converts prothrombin to thrombin during the clotting of blood.

Word forms

thromboplastin thromboplastins

Etymology

From thrombo- + plastin.

Derived words

activated partial thromboplastin time partial thromboplastin time tissue thromboplastin inhibition time
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