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Fibrin definition

fībrĭn
An elastic, insoluble, whitish protein produced by the action of thrombin on fibrinogen and forming an interlacing fibrous network in the coagulation of blood.
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A fibrous, insoluble blood protein: in the clotting process, thrombin converts fibrinogen to fibrin monomers which polymerize to form clots.
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An elastic, insoluble, whitish protein produced by the action of thrombin on fibrinogen and forming an interlacing fibrous network in the coagulation of blood.
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A fibrous protein produced by the action of thrombin on fibrinogen and essential to the coagulation of blood. Fibrin works by forming a fibrous network in which blood cells become trapped, thereby producing a clot.
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A white, albuminous, fibrous substance, formed in the coagulation of the blood.
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An elastic, insoluble, whitish protein produced by the action of thrombin on fibrinogen and forming an interlacing fibrous network in the coagulation of blood.
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An albuminous body, resembling animal fibrin in composition, found in cereal grains and similar seeds; vegetable fibrin.
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Origin of fibrin

  • fibre +‎ -in (“used to form chemical names of proteins, etc”)

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Fibrin Sentence Examples

  • Fibrinogen occurs in the blood plasma, and is changed by a ferment into fibrin, to which the clotting of blood is due.

  • Lying between the fibrin mass and the healthy tissues is a zone of injured and degenerated tissue elements, the result of the trauma.

  • Next, blood coagulation rapidly replaces this unstable platelet plug with a stable fibrin clot.

  • Haemostatic mechanisms control blood flow by regulating platelet adherence and fibrin deposition and various haemostatic proteins have been shown to regulate angiogenesis.

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