von Willebrand factor
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Etymology[edit]
von Willebrand + factor Named after Erik Adolf von Willebrand (1870–1949), Finnish physician.
Noun[edit]
von Willebrand factor (countable and uncountable, plural von Willebrand factors)
- (biochemistry, medicine) A blood glycoprotein involved in platelet adhesion to wound sites during hemostasis.