Medical Definition of Thrombosthenin

1. Obsolete name for platelet contractile protein: now known to be actomyosin (which makes up 15-20% of the total platelet protein). This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thrombosthenin

thrombopoiesis
thrombopoietin
thrombopoietins
thromboprophylaxis
thromboregulation
thrombose
thrombosed
thromboses
thrombosin
thrombosing
thrombosis
thrombospondin
thrombospondin 1
thrombospondins
thrombostasis
thrombosthenin (current term)
thrombotic
thrombotic disease due to protein c deficiency
thrombotic gangrene
thrombotic hydrocephalus
thrombotic infarct
thrombotic microangiopathy
thrombotic phlegmasia
thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
thrombotically
thrombotonin
thromboxane
thromboxane-a synthase
thromboxane a2
thromboxane b2

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