Associations to the word «Prothrombin»

Wiktionary

PROTHROMBIN, noun. (protein) A glycoprotein, produced in the liver, that is converted into thrombin during bleeding and subsequent clotting.

Dictionary definition

PROTHROMBIN, noun. A protein in blood plasma that is the inactive precursor of thrombin.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats