FACTOR X

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does factor X mean? 

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

1. coagulation factor that is converted to an enzyme that converts prothrombin to thrombin in a reaction that depends on calcium ions and other coagulation factors

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FACTOR X (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Coagulation factor that is converted to an enzyme that converts prothrombin to thrombin in a reaction that depends on calcium ions and other coagulation factors

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

factor X; prothrombinase

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

clotting factor; coagulation factor (any of the factors in the blood whose actions are essential for blood coagulation)

 Context examples 

A measurement of the factor X in a biological specimen.

(Factor X Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Coagulation factor X (488 aa, 55 kDa) is encoded by the human F10 gene.

(Coagulation Factor X, NCI Thesaurus)

The determination of the amount of factor X present in a sample.

(Factor X Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

The antibody moiety prevents binding of TF to factor VIIa (FVIIa) and interferes with the activation of factor X (FX) into FXa.

(Anti-TF Monoclonal Antibody-MMAE Conjugate, NCI Thesaurus)

Antithrombin III inhibits the activity of thrombin and also the step leading to the activation of factor X. Antithrombin III is a hundred to a thousand times more effective when bound by heparin.

(Extrinsic Prothrombin Activation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Mutations in the gene are associated with factor X deficiency.

(F10 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The activated form then catalyzes the activation of factor X to factor Xa.

(Coagulation Factor VII, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

An orally active, synthetic, and potent inhibitor of coagulation factor Xa (activated factor X) with anticoagulant activity.

(Fidexaban, NCI Thesaurus)

An orally active, tetrahydropyrimidin-2(1H)-one derivative and inhibitor of coagulation factor Xa (activated factor X) with anticoagulant activity.

(Letaxaban, NCI Thesaurus)

This complex converts factor X to the activated form, factor Xa.

(Antihemophilic Factor, Human Recombinant, NCI Thesaurus)