factor VIII

noun
1.
antihemophilic factor.
Origin
1960-65
British Dictionary definitions for factor VIII

factor VIII

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
factor VIII in Medicine

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