noun
Meaning 1
Coagulation, or coagulation factor of the blood.
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clotting factor
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noun
Meaning 2
Any of the group of blood constituents which are involved in the process of coagulation
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noun
Meaning 3
any of the factors in the blood whose actions are essential for blood coagulation
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Synonyms: coagulation factor
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Broader terms: plasma protein
Narrower terms: fibrinogen, factor I, prothrombin, factor II, thromboplastin, thrombokinase, factor III, calcium ion, factor IV, proaccelerin, prothrombin accelerator, accelerator factor, factor V, proconvertin, cothromboplastin, stable factor, factor VII, antihemophilic factor, antihaemophilic factor, antihemophilic globulin, antihaemophilic globulin, factor VIII, Hemofil, Christmas factor, factor IX, prothrombinase, factor X, plasma thromboplastin antecedent, factor XI, Hageman factor, factor XII, fibrinase, factor XIII
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