thrombin

[ throm-bin ]

noun

, Biochemistry.

1. an enzyme of the blood plasma that catalyzes the conversion of fibrinogen to fibrin, the last step of the blood clotting process.

thrombin

/ ˈθrɒmbɪn /

noun

1. biochem an enzyme that acts on fibrinogen in blood causing it to clot

thrombin

/ thrŏm′bĭn /

1. An enzyme in blood that catalyzes the conversion of fibrinogen to fibrin and is essential to the coagulation of blood.

Word History and Origins

Origin of thrombin¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; thromb(us) + -in ²

Example Sentences

As a baseline test, the researchers developed a PEG hydrogel without the embedded thrombin and introduced the aptamer library, finding there were hardly any remaining aptamers in the gel after 60 hours.

From Science Daily

HSP47 recruits an enzyme called thrombin that helps platelets stick together and form clots.

From Scientific American

Our analysis of the molecular composition of these stitch points showed that one of these molecules, neurofascin 155, has a site that can be cleaved by a specific enzyme, thrombin, to thin the myelin.

From Scientific American

By silencing a gene for antithrombin, fitusiran enables a rise in the production of the enzyme thrombin, which helps the blood to clot.

From Nature

Each one was made from a flat, rectangular DNA origami sheet, 90 nanometres by 60 nanometres - a nanometre is a billionth of a metre - and a blood-clotting enzyme, called thrombin, was attached to their surface.

From BBC