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Definition of Christmas factor

1. Noun. Coagulation factor whose absence is associated with hemophilia B.

Medical Definition of Christmas factor

1. Storage-stable blood coagulation factor acting in the intrinsic pathway. Its activated form, ixa, forms a complex with factor viii and calcium on platelet factor 3 to activate factor x to xa. Deficiency of factor ix results in christmas disease (haemophilia b). Chemical name: Blood-coagulation factor IX (12 Dec 1998)

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Literary usage of Christmas factor

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1. Neither Created Nor Evolved: Living Joyously Without a Creator by Walter Prytulak (2001)
"... switch a protein called Christmas factor to its active form, which together with antihemophilic factor, itself activated by ..."

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