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factor VIII

n :  a glycoprotein clotting factor of blood plasma that is essential for blood clotting and is absent or inactive in hemophilia - called also antihemophilic factor , thromboplastinogen  .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  factor V  factor VII 

 
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