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throm⋅bo⋅plas⋅tin

  [throm-buh-plas-tin]
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–noun
1. Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
2. Pharmacology. a commercial form of this substance, obtained from the brains of cattle, used chiefly as a local hemostatic and as a laboratory reagent in blood prothrombin tests.
Also called throm⋅bo⋅ki⋅nase  [throm-boh-kahy-neys, -kin-eys] .

Origin:
1910–15; thrombo- + -plast + -in 2
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throm·bo·ki·nase   (thrŏm'bō-kī'nās, -nāz)   
n.  See thromboplastin.
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