thrombogen

[throm-buh-juhn, -jen]

noun

Biochemistry.

1. prothrombin.

thrombogen

/ ˈθrɒmbəˌdʒɛn /

noun

1. a protein present in blood that is essential for the formation of thrombin

Word History and Origins

Origin of thrombogen¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; thrombo- + -gen

Example Sentences

The conversion of thrombogen into prothrombin has been proved to be due to the action of a second ferment which has been named thrombokinase, and this latter is again absent from living blood.

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Hence the question arises, whence are derived thrombogen and thrombokinase?

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The plasma collected from such blood is found to contain thrombogen but no thrombokinase.

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A somewhat similar plasma may be prepared from a mammal’s blood by collecting samples of blood from an artery into vessels which have been thoroughly coated with paraffin, though in this instance thrombogen may be absent as well as thrombokinase.

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If plasma containing thrombogen but no thrombokinase be treated with a saline extract of any tissues it will soon clot.

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