plasma thromboplastin antecedent n.
Abbr. PTA
See factor XI.
| plasma thromboplastin antecedent | |
noun | |
| coagulation factor whose deficiency results in a hemorrhagic tendency |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |