defibrinate

American  

[dee-fahy-bruh-nayt] / diˈfaɪ brəˌneɪt /

verb (used with object)

Medicine/Medical.

defibrinated, defibrinating

1. to remove fibrin from (blood).

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Other Word Forms

• defibrination
  noun

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Etymology

Origin of defibrinate

First recorded in 1835–45; de- + fibrin + -ate ¹

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

defibrinate defibrinated

Van Helsing, turning to me, said, "He is so young and strong, and of blood so pure that we need not defibrinate it."

From Dracula by Bram Stoker

Although naturalists have only recently discovered that vampires can be kept alive with defibrinated blood.

From Time Magazine Archive

This is "whipped" or defibrinated blood, which has lost the power of coagulating spontaneously.

From A Practical Physiology by Albert F. Blaisdell

"What is your explanation of the presence of defibrinated blood in the safe?"

From The Red Thumb Mark by R. Austin (Richard Austin) Freeman

In the second place, that print was evidently made with the aid of certain appliances and materials, and one of those materials, namely defibrinated blood, was found in the safe.

From The Red Thumb Mark by R. Austin (Richard Austin) Freeman

Fill a large test tube or a small bottle one fourth full of the defibrinated blood and thin it by adding an equal amount of water.

From Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Francis M. Walters

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