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antihemophilic globulin

antihemophilic globulin

9.9
A blood protein that helps blood clot and whose lack causes long bleeding after injury
  • noun
  • /ˌæntiˌhiːməˈfɪlɪk ˈɡlɒbjuːlɪn/
  • Specialized
translation icon : globulina antihemofílica
  • A deficiency of antihemophilic globulin leads to prolonged bleeding after minor injuries.

Examples

  • Researchers developed a synthetic version of antihemophilic globulin to treat hemophilia A in children.

  • Thanks to advances in medicine, people can now receive antihemophilic globulin injections to manage their condition.

  • The patient's antihemophilic globulin levels were critically low.

  • Doctors monitor antihemophilic globulin to treat hemophilia A.

  • A deficiency of antihemophilic globulin leads to prolonged bleeding after minor injuries.

  • Researchers developed a synthetic version of antihemophilic globulin to treat hemophilia A in children.

  • Thanks to advances in medicine, people can now receive antihemophilic globulin injections to manage their condition.

Synonyms

antihemophilic factor
vsantihemophilic globulin
  • Specialized
7.1

A blood protein that helps blood clot and whose lack causes hemophilia A

is the same protein but named by its numeric laboratory label
factor VIII
vsantihemophilic globulin
  • Specialized
5.5

A protein in blood that helps form clots to stop bleeding

is the same protein but given as a general descriptive medical term

Surface Forms

antihemophilic globulin singular
antihemophilic globulins plural

Morphology

antihemophilic + globulin

The phrase is compositionally analyzable: 'globulin' is a protein and the prefix 'anti-' + 'hemophilic' signals a relation to countering or relating to hemophilia, so a learner who knows the parts could guess it is a protein connected to hemophilia or blood clotting. However, the precise biomedical sense (that it refers to factor VIII and its specific role in clotting) is specialized and not fully predictable for a B1 learner, making the expression only partially transparent.

Etymology

Antihemophilic globulin is a name made of three parts: anti- meaning 'against', hemophilic referring to the blood disease 'hemophilia', and globulin meaning a round protein in the blood, so the name literally means a blood protein that works 'against' hemophilia. That's why it refers to the protein that helps the blood clot and stops too much bleeding.