Medical Definition of hypoprothrombinemia
: deficiency of prothrombin in the blood usually due to vitamin K deficiency or liver disease (especially obstructive jaundice) and resulting in delayed clotting of blood or spontaneous bleeding (as from the nose or into the skin)—called also prothrombinopenia
hypoprothrombinemicor chiefly British
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