Thromboplastin etymology

English

English word thromboplastin comes from English plastin, English balanephagous ((rare) Acorn-eating.), English thromb- ((chiefly, pathology, and, chemistry) thrombus.)

Etymology of thromboplastin

Detailed word origin of thromboplastin

Dictionary entry Language Definition
plastin English (en) (biology) A substance associated with nuclein in cell nuclei, and by some considered as the fundamental substance of the nucleus.
balanephagous English (en) (rare) Acorn-eating.
thromb- English (en) (chiefly, pathology, and, chemistry) thrombus.
thromboplastin English (en) (enzyme) A protease that converts prothrombin to thrombin during the clotting of blood.

Words with the same origin as thromboplastin

Descendants of thromb-

thrombophilia thromboxane