WordNet
clotting factor
n. any of the factors in the blood whose actions are essential for blood coagulation [syn: coagulation factor]
Usage examples of "clotting factor".
Also rejected as blood donors are hemophiliacs who have received clotting factor concentrates.
Deirdre was beginning to suck gently on my arm, the extra glands beneath her tongue secreting anticoagulants to counteract my own blood's accelerated clotting factor.
We have noted the lack of proper clotting factor in his blood, but the gland that aids in its production is merely immature, not missing, and so that problem is easily dealt with.