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Thrombus vs Thromboplastin - What's the difference?

thrombus | thromboplastin |

As nouns the difference between thrombus and thromboplastin

is that thrombus is a blood clot formed from platelets and other elements; that forms in a blood vessel in a living organism, and causes thrombosis or obstruction of the vessel at its point of formation or travel to other areas of the body while thromboplastin is a protease that converts prothrombin to thrombin during the clotting of blood.

thrombus

English

(wikipedia thrombus)

Noun

(thrombi)
  • (hematology, pathology) A blood clot formed from platelets and other elements; that forms in a blood vessel in a living organism, and causes thrombosis or obstruction of the vessel at its point of formation or travel to other areas of the body.

    • Synonyms

    * blood clot

    Derived terms

    * thrombectomy * thrombocyte * thrombose * thrombosis

    See also

    * embolus ----

    thromboplastin

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia thromboplastin) (en noun)
  • (enzyme) A protease that converts prothrombin to thrombin during the clotting of blood