Antiprothrombin


antiprothrombin

antiprothrombin an·ti·pro·throm·bin (ān’tē-prō-thrŏm’bĭn, ān’tī-)
n.
An anticoagulant that inhibits or prevents the conversion of prothrombin into thrombin.

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