thromboplastic

[throm-buh-plas-tik]

adjective

Biochemistry.

1. causing or accelerating blood-clot formation.

thromboplastic

/ ˌθrɒmbəʊˈplæstɪk /

adjective

1. causing or enhancing the formation of a blood clot

Other Word Forms

• thromboplastically adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of thromboplastic¹

First recorded in 1910–15; thrombo- + -plastic