FACTOR VIII

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does factor VIII mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FACTOR VIII (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 ("factor VIII" is a kind of...):

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

 Context examples 

Furthermore, desmopressin stimulates the release of factor VIII from endothelial cells mediated through V1a receptor, thereby promotes blood coagulation.

(Desmopressin, NCI Thesaurus)

The determination of the amount of factor VIII present in a sample.

(Factor VIII Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of the factor VIII in a biological specimen.

(Factor VIII Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The determination of the amount of the biological activity of factor VIII in a sample.

(Factor VIII Activity Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of the biological activity of factor VIII in a biological specimen.

(Factor VIII Activity Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Inherited coagulation factor-deficient hemophilias include hemophilia A or classic hemophilia (factor VIII deficiency) hemophilia B or Christmas disease (factor IX deficiency), and hemophilia C (factor XI deficiency).

(Hemophilia, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in the regulation of blood coagulation and is modulated by Ca+2 ions, membrane phospholipids, and factor VIII.

(F9 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

An unrelated action of desmopressin acetate is to increases circulating factor VIII and is used in patients with haemophilia and von Willebrand's disease.

(Desmopressin Acetate, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes coagulation factor VIII protein, is involved in the intrinsic blood coagulation pathway.

(F8 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

An inherited deficiency of coagulation factor VIII characterized by the tendency to spontaneous or exaggerated post-traumatic hemorrhage.

(Hemophilia A, NCI Thesaurus)