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Christmas factor

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noun

Biochemistry.

  1. a blood constituent necessary for clotting, the absence of which is characterized by a hemophilialike condition.

Etymology

Origin of Christmas factor

Christmas disease

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Then there was the Christmas factor.

From Los Angeles Times

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