antithrombin

antithrombin
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: a substance in blood that inactivates thrombin and prevents conversion of fibrinogen to fibrin — compare heparin

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antithrombin /an-ti-thromˈbin/ (medicine and biochemistry)
noun
A substance produced by the liver which prevents clotting of the blood in the veins
ORIGIN:anti- (1), and Gr thrombos a clot

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