Medical Dictionary

antiprothrombin

noun an·ti·pro·throm·bin \-(ˌ)prō-ˈthräm-bən\

Medical Definition of ANTIPROTHROMBIN

:  a substance that interferes with the conversion of prothrombin to thrombin—compare antithrombin, heparin

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