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Definition of Factor v

1. Noun. A coagulation factor.

Medical Definition of Factor v

1. Heat- and storage-labile plasma glycoprotein which accelerates the conversion of prothrombin to thrombin in blood coagulation. Factor v accomplishes this by forming a complex with factor xa, phospholipid, and calcium (prothrombinase complex). Deficiency of factor v leads to owren's disease. Chemical name: Blood-coagulation factor V (12 Dec 1998)

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Literary usage of Factor v

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

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"The pseudopotential form factor V(q) for Ge plotted against momentum transfer q. This is the factor that would determine the scattering of an electron wave ..."

2. Elements of Algebra by George Albert Wentworth (1897)
"Multiplying again by the factor V— 1 brings the line OB to the position OA', ... Multiplying by the factor V— 1 a fourth time brings the line into its ..."

3. Theory of the Algebraic Functions of a Complex Variable by John Charles Fields (1906)
"In that case we shall substitute the factor v — P for the said factor in our ... In case however the factor v — Q in question has the same greatest order of ..."

4. The Cambridge and Dublin Mathematical Journal by William Whewell, Duncan Farquharson Gregory, Robert Leslie Ellis, William Thomson Kelvin, Norman Macleod Ferrers (1854)
"through a right angle, into the position OB; whence the factor - V(- ... whence the factor - V(-1) sin 0'.lr carries it through three right angles, upon OA, ..."

5. Genes, Behavior, and the Social Environment: Moving Beyond the Nature by Lyla M. Hernandez, Dan German Blazer (2006)
"The use of OCs is associated with an approximately four-fold increased risk of DVT among women who do not carry factor v Leiden (RR10 = 3.7); and, ..."

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