antihemophilic factor
[ an-tee-hee-muh-fil-ik fak-ter, -hem-uh- ]
nounBiochemistry.
a protein that is essential to normal blood clotting and is lacking or deficient in persons having hemophilia A. Abbreviation: AHF
Origin of antihemophilic factor
1First recorded in 1945–50; anti- + hemophilic
- Also called fac·tor VIII .
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How to use antihemophilic factor in a sentence
But Perez held up his hand and stopped him, “Ich darf es ahf kapores.”
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