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prothrombin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.88 in modern English

Syllables
pro-throm-bin
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A glycoprotein, produced in the liver, that is converted into thrombin during bleeding and subsequent clotting.

Etymology

From pro- + thrombin.

Inflected Forms

prothrombins (plural)

Derived Forms

antiprothrombin autoprothrombin carboxyprothrombin meizothrombin prethrombin prothrombinase

Phrases

prothrombin time

Synonyms

clotting factor II factor II w:coagulation factor II

Questions

What does prothrombin mean?
A glycoprotein, produced in the liver, that is converted into thrombin during bleeding and subsequent clotting.
Where does prothrombin come from?
From pro- + thrombin.

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