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Meaning of THROMBIN

Pronunciation:  'thrâmbin

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  an enzyme that acts on fibrinogen in blood causing it to clot
 
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 See Also: coagulase

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Throm"bin\, n. [See {Thrombus}.] (Physiol. Chem.)
The fibrin ferment which produces the formation of fibrin
from fibrinogen.
 
Medical Dictionary
 
 Definition: An enzyme crucial to the process of blood coagulation.
 
Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: A blood protein that serves as an enzyme that breaks fibrinogen into fibrin.
 

 

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