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Factor Viii , Factor VIII (antihaemophilic factor) One of the blood clotting factors. Factor VIII is a soluble protein that stimulates the activation of Factor X b… Clotting Factors , Clotting is the process that changes blood in the body from a free-flowing liquid into a thick, jellylike substance that stops bleeding.
for searchin… hypoproteinaemia , hypoproteinaemia (hy-poh-proh-ti-nee-miă) n. a decrease in the quantity of protein in the blood, resulting in oedema and increased susceptibility to… fibrinogen , fibrinogen A soluble blood protein that is acted upon by the enzyme thrombin during blood clotting to give the insoluble protein fibrin. See also BLO… Blood serum , blood serum Blood plasma from which the fibrin and clotting factors have been removed by centrifugation or vigorous stirring, so that it cannot clot.… Thromboplastin , thromboplastin (tissue factor; Factor III) A membrane glycoprotein expressed on the surface of damaged tissue cells that initiates the cascade of rea…
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hypoprothrombinaemia