PROTHROMBINASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prothrombinase mean? 

• PROTHROMBINASE (noun)
  The noun PROTHROMBINASE has 1 sense:

1. coagulation factor that is converted to an enzyme that converts prothrombin to thrombin in a reaction that depends on calcium ions and other coagulation factors

  Familiarity information: PROTHROMBINASE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROTHROMBINASE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Coagulation factor that is converted to an enzyme that converts prothrombin to thrombin in a reaction that depends on calcium ions and other coagulation factors

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

factor X; prothrombinase

Hypernyms ("prothrombinase" is a kind of...):

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

 Context examples 

The anticoagulant blocks in vitro assembly of the prothrombinase complex, resulting in prolongation of in vitro clotting assays such as the activated partial thromboplastin time, the russell viper venom time, and others.

(Lupus Anticoagulant Antibody, NCI Thesaurus)