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THROMBOPLASTIC SUBSTANCE

\θɹˌɒmbəplˈastɪk sˈʌbstəns], \θɹˌɒmbəplˈastɪk sˈʌbstəns], \θ_ɹ_ˌɒ_m_b_ə_p_l_ˈa_s_t_ɪ_k s_ˈʌ_b_s_t_ə_n_s]\

Definitions of THROMBOPLASTIC SUBSTANCE

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Name given to the material contained in all the tissues that accelerates the clotting of blood. According to Howell, it is a phosphatid, probably kephalin, which exists in the tissues as a compound with protein, a lecithoprotein.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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