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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·plas·tin   (thrŏm'bō-plās'tĭn)   
n.  A protease that converts prothrombin to thrombin in the early stages of blood clotting. Also called thrombokinase.
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Main Entry: throm·bo·plas·tin
Pronunciation: "thräm-bO-'plas-t&n
Function: noun
: a complex enzyme that is found in brain,lung, and other tissues and especially in blood platelets and that functions in the conversion of prothrombin to thrombin in the clotting of blood called also thrombokinase
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thromboplastin throm·bo·plas·tin (thrŏm'bō-plās'tĭk)
n.
A plasma protein present in tissues, platelets, and white blood cells necessary for the coagulation of blood and, in the presence of calcium ions, necessary for the conversion of prothrombin to thrombin. Also called factor III, platelet tissue factor, thrombokinase.

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