clotting factor
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- noun
- /ˈklɑtɪŋ ˈfæktər/
- Specialized
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factor de coagulación
- Hemophilia patients who received clotting factor concentrates before 1987.
- human clotting factor
- clotting factor IX
Examples
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It was pulled from hundreds and thousands of patients getting this one specific blood factor, clotting factor, giving it to them so that their blood would clot.
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This method of controlling the carboxylation status of osteocalcin has been previously used to inactivate vitamin K-dependent clotting factors (33).
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There are reports of rises in clotting-factor concentrations with postmenopausal hormone use. 27, 28
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Only those cells that had integrated the genes for neomycin resistance and, therefore, clotting factor IX survived and were used for nuclear transfer.
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The first drop of blood is wiped away and discarded, as this may contain a high level of tissue fluid clotting factor.
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This becomes so widespread that it uses up all the body's clotting factors, so the blood fails to clot at all and bleeding begins.
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Schnieke et al. (1997) cloned three transgenic lambs (two of which survived) containing the human gene for clotting factor IX.
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To prevent uncontrolled bleeding, patients with hemophilia use a clotting factor supplement to aid in coagulation.
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Doctors often prescribe a synthetic clotting factor to help patients who have difficulty forming blood clots.
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After the accident, the medic administered a clotting factor to speed up the healing process by promoting blood coagulation.
Synonyms
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A substance in the blood that helps form clots
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase 'clotting factor' is a straightforward noun–noun composition: 'clotting' names the coagulation process and 'factor' denotes an element that influences an outcome, so together they denote an element involved in clotting. This is a transparent, compositional pattern found across languages (e.g. 'factor de coagulación'), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer it refers to a substance that helps blood coagulate.
Etymology
Clotting factor comes from the image of helpers in the blood that make a cut stop bleeding. A clot is a thick mass that closes a wound and a factor is something that helps, so clotting factors are the substances in blood that help it 'form a clot' and 'stop bleeding'.