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thrombokinase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
throm-bok-i-nase
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A proteolytic enzyme that converts prothrombin into thrombin during the clotting of blood

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From thrombo- + kinase.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

thrombokinases (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

thromboplastin

Synonyms

thromboplastin factor iii

Questions

What does thrombokinase mean?
A proteolytic enzyme that converts prothrombin into thrombin during the clotting of blood
Where does thrombokinase come from?
From thrombo- + kinase.

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