factor
101factor — A person employed specially to receive and take possession of goods from a principal and to sell them for a compensation called factorage or commission. Sometimes called a consignee or commission merchant. Under some definitions, the term… …
102factor I — noun a protein present in blood plasma; converts to fibrin when blood clots • Syn: ↑fibrinogen • Hypernyms: ↑coagulation factor, ↑clotting factor …
103factor II — noun a protein in blood plasma that is the inactive precursor of thrombin • Syn: ↑prothrombin • Hypernyms: ↑coagulation factor, ↑clotting factor …
104factor IX. — See Christmas factor. * * * …
105factor Rh — El 85%, poco más o menos, de los individuos blancos son Rh positivo; esto es, tiene el antígeno hereditario Rh en sus glóbulos rojos. El 15%, aproximadamente, es Rh negativo. Si una mujer es Rh negativo y su esposo es Rh positivo, el feto puede… …
106factor A — former name for the alternative pathway complement factor C3; see under complement …
107factor B — a complement component that participates in the alternative pathway of complement activation (see complement), binding to C3b to form C3bB, which is a substrate for factor D …
108factor I — fibrinogen: a high molecular weight plasma protein, composed of three subunits (α, β, γ) encoded by separate genes, which is converted to fibrin through the action of thrombin. Deficiency of this factor results in afibrinogenemia… …
109factor IV — calcium: a factor required in many phases of blood coagulation …
110factor D — a serine protease of the alternative complement pathway that cleaves factor B bound to C3b. The reaction releases Ba while leaving Bb bound to C3b to form the C3bBb that is the C3 convertase of the alternative pathway …
