factor xii

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   coagulation factor whose deficiency results in prolongation of clotting time of venous blood

   SynonymsHageman factor

   Broadercoagulation factor

Questions about factor xii

What does factor xii mean?

factor xii means "coagulation factor whose deficiency results in prolongation of clotting time of venous blood".

What is another word for factor xii?

Close synonyms include Hageman factor. 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 factor xii a common word?

factor xii 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.