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any of the factors in the blood whose actions are essential for blood coagulation

↑fibrinogen, ↑factor I, ↑prothrombin, ↑factor II, ↑thromboplastin, ↑thrombokinase, ↑factor III, ↑calcium ion, ↑factor IV, ↑proaccelerin, ↑prothrombin accelerator, ↑accelerator factor, ↑factor V, ↑proconvertin, ↑cothromboplastin, ↑stable factor, ↑factor VII, ↑antihemophilic factor, ↑antihaemophilic factor, ↑antihemophilic globulin, ↑antihaemophilic globulin, ↑factor VIII, ↑Hemofil, ↑Christmas factor, ↑factor IX, ↑prothrombinase, ↑factor X, ↑plasma thromboplastin antecedent, ↑factor XI, ↑Hageman factor, ↑factor XII, ↑fibrinase, ↑factor XIII

ˈclotting factor 7 [clotting factor] noun countable, uncountable (biology)

any of the substances in the blood which help it to ↑clot (= become thick and form lumps)