Thromboplastin

Definition: Thromboplastin

Thromboplastin

Noun

1. An enzyme liberated from blood platelets that converts prothrombin into thrombin as blood starts to clot.

Specialty Definitions: Thromboplastin

Domain	Definitions
Health	Constituent composed of protein and phospholipid that is widely distributed in many tissues. It serves as a cofactor with factor VIIa to activate factor X in the extrinsic pathway of blood coagulation. (references)
Medicine	A substance which, in the presence of cations and with possible help from a lipid activator, converts prothrombin to thrombin, which then combines with fibrogen to form a clot. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Thromboplastin

Synonyms: factor III (n), thrombokinase (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Thromboplastin

English words defined with "thromboplastin": plasma thromboplastin antecedent. (references)

Specialty definitions using "thromboplastin": Factor IXa, Factor X Deficiency ♦ Lupus Coagulation Inhibitor ♦ Partial Thromboplastin Time, Prekallikrein, Prothrombin Time. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Thromboplastin

Domain	Title
Books	Thromboplastin Calibration and Oral Anticoagulant Control (Developments in Hematology and Immunology, 8) (reference) Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time Test (Aptt): Proposed Guideline (reference) (more book examples)
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Usage Frequency: Thromboplastin

"Thromboplastin" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Thromboplastin" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	2	245,945

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Thromboplastin

Expressions using "thromboplastin": Partial Thromboplastin Time ♦ plasma thromboplastin antecedent. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "thromboplastin": thromboplastin-like.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Thromboplastin

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
partial thromboplastin time	16
thromboplastin	4
activated partial thromboplastin time	3
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Modern Translations: Thromboplastin

Language		Translations for "thromboplastin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		凝血因子 (prothrombin). (various references)

Danish		thromboplastin, thrombokinase. (various references)

French		thromboplastine. (various references)

German		Thrombozym, Thromboplastin, Thrombokinase, Zytozym, Substantia zymoplastica. (various references)

Italian		tromboplastina. (various references)

Pig Latin		omboplastinthray
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Thromboplastin

Derivations
	Words beginning with "thromboplastin": thromboplastins. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Thromboplastin

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-h-i-l-m-n-o-o-p-r-s-t-t"
	-3 letters: postorbital, taphonomist, trophoblast.
	-4 letters: absorption, probations, prostomial, triathlons, trombonist.
	-5 letters: abortions, bathrooms, biathlons, boltonias, bootstrap, hailstorm, horntails, important, isophotal, lobations, lotharios, monoliths, monorails, oblations, optionals, palominos, panbroils, pliotrons, poortiths, posttrial, potations, probation, prolamins, prostomia, protamins, protistan, ribosomal, rotations, spoliator, thrombins, tonoplast, tonsorial, torsional, triathlon, troopials.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-h-i-l-m-n-o-o-p-r-s-t-t"
	+1 letter: thromboplastins.
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