Partial thromboplastin time/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Partial thromboplastin time.

(PTT) A measurement of the ability of blood to coagulate; reported in combination with the prothrombin time (PT) and with the International Normalized Ratio, a calculation that corrects the PT and PTT for reagent and laboratory variation