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An enzyme that acts on fibrinogen in blood causing it to clot
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thrombin
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context enzyme English) An enzyme in blood that facilitates blood clotting by converting fibrinogen to fibrin (by means of ionized calcium).
Wikipedia
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pathways. In the blood coagulation pathway, thrombin acts to convert factor XI to XIa, VIII to VIIIa V to Va, fibrinogen to fibrin. In addition, thrombin promotes platelet activation and aggregation via activation of protease-activated receptors on the ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Thrombin \Throm"bin\, n. [See Thrombus .] (Biochem.) The enzyme which converts fibrinogen into fibrin.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an enzyme that acts on fibrinogen in blood causing it to clot
Usage examples of thrombin.
I read such sentences like poesy: ilium, ischium, os innominatum, ecto-cuneiform and cnemial crest, platelets and thrombin, keloid, cicatrix.
Nowadays, doctors can treat conditions like haemophilia with clotting factors like thrombin and protein C, and conditions of the opposite kind with warfarin and hirudin, but Sheena's condition wasn't amenable to any kind of continuous therapy.