thromboglobulin

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

thrombo- +‎ globulin

Noun[edit]

thromboglobulin (countable and uncountable, plural thromboglobulins)

  1. A simple protein or group of simple proteins occurring in platelets.
    • 1981, K. Federlin, Rachmiel Levine, Ernst Friedrich Pfeiffer, Hormone and Metabolic Research: Supplement series, →ISBN:
      The reduction of thromboglobulin is independent of both the change in plasma glucose and the presence or absence of complications.

Usage notes[edit]

When not qualified, this term is used to mean beta-thromboglobulin.