Definition of Christmas factor

1. Noun. Coagulation factor whose absence is associated with hemophilia B.

Exact synonyms: Factor Ix
Generic synonyms: Clotting Factor, Coagulation Factor

Medical Definition of Christmas factor

1. Storage-stable blood coagulation factor acting in the intrinsic pathway. Its activated form, ixa, forms a complex with factor viii and calcium on platelet factor 3 to activate factor x to xa. Deficiency of factor ix results in christmas disease (haemophilia b). Chemical name: Blood-coagulation factor IX (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Christmas Factor

Christmas cake
Christmas cakes
Christmas card
Christmas cards
Christmas carol
Christmas carols
Christmas cheer
Christmas club
Christmas clubs
Christmas cookie
Christmas cookies
Christmas cracker
Christmas crackers
Christmas creep
Christmas factor (current term)
Christmas fern
Christmas ferns
Christmas flower
Christmas gift
Christmas green
Christmas ham
Christmas hams
Christmas holly
Christmas is coming
Christmas lights
Christmas list
Christmas lists
Christmas number one
Christmas present

Literary usage of Christmas factor

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1. Neither Created Nor Evolved: Living Joyously Without a Creator by Walter Prytulak (2001)
"... switch a protein called Christmas factor to its active form, which together with antihemophilic factor, itself activated by ..."

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