Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kaolin-cephalin clotting time

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kaolin--cephal-in -clot-ting -time
IPA

42

Scrabble Score

26

Letters

7

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A blood test that uses kaolin as an activator and cephalin to facilitate coagulation in a plasma sample, historically used to measure the amount of time it takes for a clot to form.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

kaolin-cephalin clotting times (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

kaolin clotting time partial thromboplastin time

Synonyms

KCCT

Questions

What does kaolin-cephalin clotting time mean?: A blood test that uses kaolin as an activator and cephalin to facilitate coagulation in a plasma sample, historically used to measure the amount of time it takes for a clot to form.

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