HYPOTHROMBINEMIA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A low level of prothrombin (factor II) in the circulating blood; results in long clotting time and poor clot formation and sometimes excessive bleeding; can result from vitamin K deficiency

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("hypothrombinemia" is a kind of...):

blood disease; blood disorder (a disease or disorder of the blood)

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