antihemophilic factor

antihemophilic factor
/an'tee hee'meuh fil"ik, -hem'euh-/, Biochem.
a protein that is essential to normal blood clotting and is lacking or deficient in persons having hemophilia A. Abbr.: AHF Also called factor VIII.
[1945-50; ANTI- + HEMOPHILIC]

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