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thrombin time

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.11 in modern English

Syllables
throm-bin -time
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A blood test that measures the amount of time required for a clot to form in the plasma of a blood sample containing an anticoagulant, after an excess of thrombin has been added.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

thrombin times (plural)

Synonyms

thrombin clotting time

Questions

What does thrombin time mean?
A blood test that measures the amount of time required for a clot to form in the plasma of a blood sample containing an anticoagulant, after an excess of thrombin has been added.

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