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thromboplastin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.36 in modern English

Syllables
throm-bo-plas-tin
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A protease that converts prothrombin to thrombin during the clotting of blood.

Etymology

From thrombo- + plastin.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

thromboplastins (plural)

Phrases

activated partial thromboplastin time partial thromboplastin time tissue thromboplastin inhibition time

Synonyms

thrombokinase factor iii

Questions

What does thromboplastin mean?
A protease that converts prothrombin to thrombin during the clotting of blood.
Where does thromboplastin come from?
From thrombo- + plastin.

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