Associations to the word «Thromboplastin»

Wiktionary

THROMBOPLASTIN, noun. (enzyme) A protease that converts prothrombin to thrombin during the clotting of blood

Dictionary definition

THROMBOPLASTIN, noun. An enzyme liberated from blood platelets that converts prothrombin into thrombin as blood starts to clot.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King