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fibrinogen

[fahy-brin-uh-juh n]
noun Biochemistry.
  1. a globulin occurring in blood and yielding fibrin in blood coagulation.
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Origin of fibrinogen

First recorded in 1870–75; fibrino- + -gen
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Examples from the Web for fibrinogen

Historical Examples

  • Clotting; in the blood, the result of fibrinogen changing to fibrin.

    Surgery, with Special Reference to Podiatry

    Maximilian Stern

  • The fibrinogen levels of all four animals were normal, indicating that there was no acute or chronic inflammation in progress.

  • Fibrinogen: a proteid substance of the blood and other body fluids, concerned in the production of fibrin.

  • Into this special class fall myosin (of the muscles), fibrinogen (of the blood) and vitellin (of egg yolk).

    Animal Proteins

    Hugh Garner Bennett

  • Serum, for instance, very quickly loses its power of inducing clotting in fibrinogen solutions.

British Dictionary definitions for fibrinogen

fibrinogen

noun
  1. a soluble protein, a globulin, in blood plasma, converted to fibrin by the action of the enzyme thrombin when blood clots
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Derived Formsfibrinogenic (ˌfaɪbrɪnəʊˈdʒɛnɪk) or fibrinogenous (ˌfaɪbrɪˈnɒdʒənəs), adjective
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fibrinogen in Medicine

fibrinogen

(fī-brĭn′ə-jən)
n.
  1. A protein in the blood plasma that is essential for the coagulation of blood and is converted to fibrin by thrombin and ionized calcium.factor I
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fibrinogen in Science

fibrinogen

[fī-brĭn′ə-jən]
  1. A protein in the blood plasma that is essential for the coagulation of blood. It is converted to fibrin by the action of thrombin in the presence of calcium ions.
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