factor VIII
Origin of factor VIII
1First recorded in 1960–65
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British Dictionary definitions for factor VIII
factor VIII
noun
a protein that participates in the clotting of blood. It is extracted from donated serum and used in the treatment of the commonest type of haemophilia, in which it is absent
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