| Pronunciation: | | 'thrâmbin
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[n] an enzyme that acts on fibrinogen in blood causing it to clot |
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THROMBIN is a 8 letter word that starts with T. |
| | See Also: | | coagulase |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Throm"bin\, n. [See {Thrombus}.] (Physiol. Chem.)
The fibrin ferment which produces the formation of fibrin
from fibrinogen.
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| Medical Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | An enzyme crucial to the process of blood coagulation. |
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A blood protein that serves as an enzyme that breaks fibrinogen into fibrin. |
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