prothrombinase

1. 1.

   coagulation factor that is converted to an enzyme that converts prothrombin to thrombin in a reaction that depends on calcium ions and other coagulation factors

   Synonymsfactor X

   Broadercoagulation factor

Other forms of prothrombinase

plural

prothrombinases·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about prothrombinase

What does prothrombinase mean?

prothrombinase means "coagulation factor that is converted to an enzyme that converts prothrombin to thrombin in a reaction that depends on calcium ions and other coagulation factors".

How many syllables are in prothrombinase?

prothrombinase has 4 syllables: pro-throm-bi-nase. The stress falls on "throm".

What is another word for prothrombinase?

Close synonyms include factor X. 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 prothrombinase a common word?

prothrombinase 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.