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VIII

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one

Synonyms:

8; eight; eighter; eighter from Decatur; octad; octet; octonary; ogdoad; VIII

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

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

digit; figure (one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Being one more than seven

Synonyms:

8; eight; viii

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

cardinal (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order)

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This allele, which encodes coagulation factor VIII protein, is involved in the intrinsic blood coagulation pathway.

(F8 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A canal in the petrous region of the temporal bone that serves as the passage for cranial nerves (mainly the VII and VIII cranial nerves) towards the middle and inner ear.

(Internal Auditory Canal, NCI Thesaurus)

One international unit of antihemophilic activity is equivalent to the quantity of antihemophilic factor (Factor VIII) present in 1 mL of normal human plasma.

(Anti-Hemophilia Factor Unit, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in the regulation of blood coagulation and is modulated by Ca+2 ions, membrane phospholipids, and factor VIII.

(F9 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

An unrelated action of desmopressin acetate is to increases circulating factor VIII and is used in patients with haemophilia and von Willebrand's disease.

(Desmopressin Acetate, NCI Thesaurus)

In individuals without hereditary hemophilia A, factor VIII inhibitors may occur spontaneously as autoantibodies, resulting in a condition known as 'acquired hemophilia.'

(Hemophilia, NCI Thesaurus)

Positive factor VIII

(Hemangioma of the Mouse Intestinal Tract, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

This agent reversibly binds to the thrombin active site thereby preventing the thrombin-dependent reactions, which include conversion of fibrinogen to fibrin; the activation of factors V, VIII and XI; the activation of protein C; and platelet aggregation.

(Argatroban, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent reversibly binds to the thrombin active site, thereby preventing the thrombin-dependent reactions, which include the conversion of fibrinogen to fibrin; the activation of factors V, VIII and XI; the activation of protein C; and platelet aggregation.

(Argatroban Anhydrous, NCI Thesaurus)

Aminocaproic acid competitively inhibits activation of plasminogen, thereby reducing conversion of plasminogen to plasmin (fibrinolysin), an enzyme that degrades fibrin clots as well as fibrinogen and other plasma proteins including the procoagulant factors V and VIII.

(Aminocaproic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)