ANTIHEMORRHAGIC FACTOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does antihemorrhagic factor mean? 

• ANTIHEMORRHAGIC FACTOR (noun)
  The noun ANTIHEMORRHAGIC FACTOR has 1 sense:

1. a fat-soluble vitamin that helps in the clotting of blood

  Familiarity information: ANTIHEMORRHAGIC FACTOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANTIHEMORRHAGIC FACTOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fat-soluble vitamin that helps in the clotting of blood

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Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

antihemorrhagic factor; naphthoquinone; vitamin K

Hypernyms ("antihemorrhagic factor" is a kind of...):

fat-soluble vitamin (any vitamin that is soluble in fats)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "antihemorrhagic factor"):

phylloquinone; phytonadione; vitamin K1; menadione; vitamin K3 (a form of vitamin K)