ˈthrombase Physiol. Chem.
[mod. f. Gr. θρόµβ-ος clot, thrombus + -ase, after diastase.]
A synonym of thrombin (on the assumption that that is an enzyme).
| 1908 Bayliss Nature of Enzymes 73 According to Morawitz there exists in circulating blood a body ‘thrombogen’, which can be converted by a ‘thrombokinase’ present in all tissues into a precursor of the enzyme which acts upon fibrinogen to form fibrin. This precursor, or prothrombase, is changed into the active thrombase by calcium ions. |