Medical Dictionary

factor XII

noun \-ˌtwelv\

Medical Definition of FACTOR XII

:  a clotting factor that facilitates blood coagulation in vivo and initiates coagulation on a firm surface (as glass) in vitro but whose deficiency tends not to promote hemorrhage—called also Hageman factor

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