Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun factor_iii

1 sense of factor iii

Sense 1
thromboplastin, thrombokinase, factor III -- (an enzyme liberated from blood platelets that converts prothrombin into thrombin as blood starts to clot)
       => coagulation factor, clotting factor -- (any of the factors in the blood whose actions are essential for blood coagulation)