factor viii

noun

1. antihemophilic factor.

noun

1. a protein that participates in the clotting of blood. It is extracted from donated serum and used in the treatment of the commonest type of haemophilia, in which it is absent

n.

1. A factor in the clotting of blood, a deficiency of which is associated with hemophilia A.antihemophilic factor antihemophilic globulin antihemophilic globulin A proserum prothrombin conversion accelerator