thromboglobulin

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English

Etymology

From thrombo- +‎ globulin.

Noun

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

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