ANTIHEMOPHILIC FACTOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does antihemophilic factor mean? 

• ANTIHEMOPHILIC FACTOR (noun)
  The noun ANTIHEMOPHILIC FACTOR has 1 sense:

1. a coagulation factor (trade name Hemofil) whose absence is associated with hemophilia A

  Familiarity information: ANTIHEMOPHILIC FACTOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANTIHEMOPHILIC FACTOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A coagulation factor (trade name Hemofil) whose absence is associated with hemophilia A

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

antihaemophilic factor; antihaemophilic globulin; antihemophilic factor; antihemophilic globulin; factor VIII; Hemofil

Hypernyms ("antihemophilic factor" is a kind of...):

clotting factor; coagulation factor (any of the factors in the blood whose actions are essential for blood coagulation)

 Context examples 

Antihemophilic factor binds to factor IXa in the coagulation cascade along with calcium and phospholipid.

(Antihemophilic Factor, Human Recombinant, NCI Thesaurus)

One international unit of antihemophilic activity is equivalent to the quantity of antihemophilic factor (Factor VIII) present in 1 mL of normal human plasma.

(Anti-Hemophilia Factor Unit, NCI Thesaurus)