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Definition of Thrombokinase

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

Definition of Thrombokinase

1. Noun. (enzyme) A proteolytic enzyme, that converts prothrombin into thrombin during the clotting of blood ¹

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Definition of Thrombokinase

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Medical Definition of Thrombokinase

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)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thrombokinase

Literary usage of Thrombokinase

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

1. A Manual of Physiology: With Practical Exercises by George Neil Stewart (1918)
"The water dissolves out the fibrin- ferment, but not the coagulated serum proteins. 5. Preparation of Tissue Extracts containing thrombokinase. ..."

2. A Manual of physiology with practical exercises by George Neil Stewart (1910)
"Preparation of Tissue Extracts containing thrombokinase.— In a dog or rabbit killed by bleeding insert a cannula into the lower end of the thoracic aorta. ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"If plasma containing thrombogen but no thrombokinase be treated with a saline ... The saline extract contains thrombokinase. This ferment can therefore be ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"If plasma containing thrombogen but no thrombokinase be treated with a saline ... The saline extract contains thrombokinase. This ferment can therefore be ..."

5. A Text-book of Physiology for Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1911)
"thrombokinase is furnished by the tissue-cells in general, especially by those rich in nuclein, and is furnished also by the cellular elements of the blood. ..."

6. Biochemical Catalysts in Life and Industry: Proteolytic Enzymes by Jean Effront (1917)
"This material, which is thrombokinase, is diffused from the plates into the plasma rather slowly. The plates, diluted in water, give up its active substance ..."

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