causing or enhancing the formation of a blood clot
thromboplastic in American English
(ˌθrɑmboʊˈplæstɪk)
adjective
1.
of or having the properties of a thromboplastin
2.
initiating or hastening the clotting of blood
Derived forms
thromboplastically (ˌthromboˈplastically)
adverb
thromboplastic in American English
(ˌθrɑmbəˈplæstɪk)
adjective
Biochemistry
causing or accelerating blood-clot formation
Derived forms
thromboplastically
adverb
Word origin
[1910–15; thrombo- + -plastic]This word is first recorded in the period 1910–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: carbon cycle, cat and mouse, functionalism, insulin, zing