HYPOTHROMBINEMIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hypothrombinemia mean? 

• HYPOTHROMBINEMIA (noun)
  The noun HYPOTHROMBINEMIA has 1 sense:

1. a low level of prothrombin (factor II) in the circulating blood; results in long clotting time and poor clot formation and sometimes excessive bleeding; can result from vitamin K deficiency

  Familiarity information: HYPOTHROMBINEMIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPOTHROMBINEMIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A low level of prothrombin (factor II) in the circulating blood; results in long clotting time and poor clot formation and sometimes excessive bleeding; can result from vitamin K deficiency

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("hypothrombinemia" is a kind of...):

blood disease; blood disorder (a disease or disorder of the blood)