antihaemophilic factor

1. 1.

   a coagulation factor (trade name Hemofil) whose absence is associated with hemophilia A

   Synonymsantihemophilic factorantihemophilic globulinantihaemophilic globulinfactor VIIIHemofil

   Broadercoagulation factor

   trade name

Questions about antihaemophilic factor

What does antihaemophilic factor mean?

antihaemophilic factor means "a coagulation factor (trade name Hemofil) whose absence is associated with hemophilia A".

What is another word for antihaemophilic factor?

Close synonyms include antihemophilic factor, antihemophilic globulin, antihaemophilic globulin, factor VIII, Hemofil. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is antihaemophilic factor a common word?

antihaemophilic factor is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.