Medical Dictionary

factor X

noun \-ˈten\

Medical Definition of FACTOR X

:  a clotting factor that is converted to a proteolytic enzyme which converts prothrombin to thrombin in a reaction dependent on calcium ions and other clotting factors—called also Stuart-Prower factor

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