component

component /com·po·nent/ (kum-po´nent)

1. a constituent element or part.

2. in neurology, a series of neurons forming a functional system for conducting the afferent and efferent impulses in the somatic and splanchnic mechanisms of the body.

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M component  an abnormal monoclonal immunoglobulin occurring in the serum in plasma cell dyscrasias, formed by proliferating concentrations of immunoglobulin-producing cells.

plasma thromboplastin component  (PTC) coagulation factor IX.

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component(s),

n a part or element.

component, A,

n See factor II.

component of force,

n See force, component of.

component of partial denture,

n See denture, partial, components of.

component, salivary,

n See lysozyme.

component, thromboplastic cellular (TCC),

n See factor, platelet, 3.