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von willebrand factor

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.73 in modern English

Syllables
von wille-brand -fac-tor
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
4
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A blood glycoprotein involved in platelet adhesion to wound sites during hemostasis.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From von Willebrand + factor. Named after Erik Adolf von Willebrand (1870–1949), Finnish physician.

Usage

Inflected Forms

von Willebrand factors (plural)

Derived Forms

VWF

Phrases

acquired von Willebrand syndrome von Willebrand disease

Frequently Paired Words

acquired von Willebrand syndrome von Willebrand disease

Synonyms

VWF

Questions

What does von willebrand factor mean?
A blood glycoprotein involved in platelet adhesion to wound sites during hemostasis.
Where does von willebrand factor come from?
From von Willebrand + factor. Named after Erik Adolf von Willebrand (1870–1949), Finnish physician.

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