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Prothrombin

A glycoprotein, produced in the liver, that is converted into thrombin during bleeding and subsequent clotting.

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A glycoprotein, produced in the liver, that is converted into thrombin during bleeding and subsequent clotting.

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quicknoun	Raw or sensitive flesh, especially that underneath finger and toe nails.
coagulation factor ii	—
factor iinoun	Ellipsis of clotting factor II (“prothrombin”) [Synonym of prothrombin.]
thrombinogen	—
autoprothrombinnoun	—
autoprothrombin iinoun	Synonym of Christmas factor.
f2	F2, also T2 and SP2, is a wheelchair sport classification that corresponds to the neurological level C7.
fiinoun	Initialism of foreign indirect investment, broadly synonymous with foreign portfolio investment.
preprothrombinnoun	A precursor of thrombin.
thromboplastinnoun	(biochemistry) A protease that converts prothrombin to thrombin during the clotting of blood.
prothrombinogennoun	Synonym of proconvertin.
prothrombinasenoun	(biochemistry) A complex that catalyzes the conversion of prothrombin to thrombin in the presence of calcium ions.
carboxyprothrombinnoun	(biochemistry) A form of prothrombin that has undergone posttranslational carboxylation.
thrombokinasenoun	(biochemistry) A proteolytic enzyme that converts prothrombin into thrombin during the clotting of blood
thrombinnoun	(biochemistry) An enzyme in blood that facilitates blood clotting by converting fibrinogen to fibrin (by means of ionized calcium).
prothrombokinasenoun	Synonym of proconvertin.
prethrombinnoun	A subunit of prothrombin
thrombostheninnoun	A contractile protein found in blood platelets.
procoagulantnoun	(biochemistry) Any of various precursors of the blood factors necessary for coagulation
fibrinoproteinnoun	(biochemistry) A protein related to fibrinopeptide