See Also: thrombozyme(medicine)

tornus (iou) and thrombozyme (medicine)


tornus (iou)



tornus noun. . L19.
[Latin = potter's wheel, lathe, from Greek tornos.]
Entomology. The angle at the outer back corner of the wing of an insect, esp. of the hindwing of a moth.
tornal adjective L19.

thrombozyme (medicine)


thrombozyme -->
thromboplastin
<haematology> Traditional name for substance in plasma that converts prothrombin to thrombin. Now known not to be a single substance. (See thrombin).