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