Crossword clues for prothrombin
Wiktionary
n. (context protein English) A glycoprotein, produced in the liver, that is converted into thrombin during bleeding and subsequent clotting.
WordNet
n. a protein in blood plasma that is the inactive precursor of thrombin [syn: factor II]
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "prothrombin".
We gave you prothrombin the moment we realized you were bleeding so badly.
In other words, low prothrombin remained the problem, not the more horrific DIC, at least so far.
O'Connor, and the dates those tests were first described in clinically practical terms: X ray: chest and abdomen (1905-15) White cell count (about 1895) Serum acetone (1928) Amylase (1948) Calcium (1931) Phosphorus (1925) SCOT (1955) LDH (1956) CPK (1961) John O'Connor 45 Aldolase (1949) Lipase (1934) CSF protein (1931) CSF sugar (1932) Blood sugar (1932) Bilirubin (1937) Serum albumin/globulin (1923-38) Electrolytes (1941-6) Electrocardiogram (about 1915) Prothrombin time (1940) Blood pH (1924-57) Blood gases (1957) Protein-bound iodine (1948) Alkaline phosphatase (1933) Watson-Schwartz (1941) Creatinine (1933) Uric acid (1933) If one were to graph these tests, and others commonly used, against the total time course of medical history, one would see a flat line for more than two thousand years, followed by a slight rise beginning about 1850, and then an ever-sharper rise to the present time.
She took delight in using words like pilocytic astrocytoma (her tumor), prothrombin (a plasma protein used in the clotting of blood), and contrast material (dye used in the CAT scan she'd had just that morning).