cryoprecipitate /cryo·pre·cip·i·tate/ (-pre-sip´ĭ-tāt) any precipitate that results from cooling, sometimes specifically the one rich in coagulation factor VIII obtained from cooling of blood plasma.
cryoprecipitate
cryoprecipitate [kri″o-pre-sip´ĭ-tāt]
cryoprecipitate
cry·o·pre·cip·i·tate (kr   -pr -sp -t t, -tt)n. A precipitate that forms when soluble material is cooled, especially a precipitate rich in factor VIII that is formed when normal blood plasma is cooled. |
cryoprecipitate
[-prisip′itāt]
1 any precipitate formed on cooling of a solution.
2 a preparation rich in factor VIII needed to restore normal coagulation in hemophilia. It is collected from fresh human plasma that has been frozen and thawed.
cryoprecipitate [kri″o-pre-sip´ĭ-tāt]
any precipitate that results from cooling, sometimes specifically the one rich in coagulation factor VIII obtained from cooling of blood plasma and used in treatment of hemophilia A (see antihemophilic factor).
cryoprecipitate
any precipitate that results from cooling.
cryoprecipitate
'Cryo' Transfusion medicine A product derived from a unit of whole blood, which has a volume of 15 ml and provides 80 units of factor VIII:C procoagulant–for hemophilia A, factor VIII:vWF–von
Willebrand's disease, factor XIII, fibronectin, fibrinogen–for DIC, dysfibrinogenemia
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