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

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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

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

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

Place on a glass slide a thin layer of defibrinated blood; try to read printed matter through it.

From A Practical Physiology by Albert F. Blaisdell

The blood, defibrinated and freshly drawn, has marked germicidal action; for bacteria its action is decidedly deadly, even hours after it has been drawn from the body.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 787, January 31, 1891 by Various

Place in each of three test tubes two or three teaspoonfuls of defibrinated blood, obtained from Experiment 89, labeled A, B, and C. A is for comparison.

From A Practical Physiology by Albert F. Blaisdell

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