Medical Dictionary

prothrombin time

noun

Medical Definition of PROTHROMBIN TIME

:  the time required for a particular specimen of prothrombin to induce blood-plasma clotting under standardized conditions in comparison with a time of between 11.5 and 12 seconds for normal human blood

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