hageman factor

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

   Synonymsfactor XII

   Broadercoagulation factor

Questions about hageman factor

What does hageman factor mean?

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

What is another word for hageman factor?

Close synonyms include factor XII. 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 hageman factor a common word?

hageman 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.