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Definition of Thromboplastin

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

Definition of Thromboplastin

1. Noun. (enzyme) A protease that converts prothrombin to thrombin during the clotting of blood ¹

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Definition of Thromboplastin

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Thromboplastin

1. Traditional name for substance in plasma that converts prothrombin to thrombin. Now known not to be a single substance. (See thrombin). This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Thromboplastin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"2 shows a typical result of a thromboplastin generation test in the Thoroughbred. Fig. 3 illustrates a calibration curve, ..."

2. Pathological Physiology of Internal Diseases by Albion Walter Hewlett (1916)
"His view is indicated by the following reactions: (prothrombin, antithrombin) + thromboplastin — (thromboplastin, antithrombin) + prothrombin prothrombin + ..."

3. Materia medica for nurses by Aaron Samuel Blumgarten (1920)
"All the tissues which form thromboplastin contain a fatty like substance (lipoid) called kephalin which is found in brain tissue. ..."

4. Functional Pathology of Internal Diseases by Albion Walter Hewlett (1916)
"His view is indicated by the following reactions: (prothrombin, antithrombin) -f- thromboplastin = (thromboplastin, antithrombin) + prothrombin prothrombin ..."

5. Principles of Immunology by Howard Thomas Karsner, Enrique Eduardo Ecker (1921)
"They believed the change to be due to either a decrease of thromboplastin or an increase in antithrombin. The salts of the blood apparently are unchanged. ..."

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