factor xiii

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   in the clotting of blood thrombin catalyzes factor XIII into its active form (fibrinase) which causes fibrin to form a stable clot

   Synonymsfibrinase

   Broadercoagulation factor

Questions about factor xiii

What does factor xiii mean?

factor xiii means "in the clotting of blood thrombin catalyzes factor XIII into its active form (fibrinase) which causes fibrin to form a stable clot".

What is another word for factor xiii?

Close synonyms include fibrinase. 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 xiii a common word?

factor xiii 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.