coagulation factor
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1. any of the factors in the blood whose actions are essential for blood coagulation (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | plasma protein, |
| definition | : | any of the proteins in blood plasma (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | factor i, fibrinogen, |
| definition | : | a protein present in blood plasma; converts to fibrin when blood clots (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | factor ii, prothrombin, |
| definition | : | a protein in blood plasma that is the inactive precursor of thrombin (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | calcium ion, factor iv, |
| definition | : | ion of calcium; a factor in the clotting of blood (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | christmas factor, factor ix, |
| definition | : | coagulation factor whose absence is associated with hemophilia B (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | factor x, prothrombinase, |
| definition | : | coagulation factor that is converted to an enzyme that converts prothrombin to thrombin in a reaction that depends on calcium ions and other coagulation factors (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | factor xii, hageman factor, |
| definition | : | coagulation factor whose deficiency results in prolongation of clotting time of venous blood (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | factor xiii, fibrinase, |
| definition | : | in the clotting of blood thrombin catalyzes factor XIII into its active form (fibrinase) which causes fibrin to form a stable clot (noun.substance) |
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