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fibrinous

British  
/ ˈfɪbrɪnəs /

adjective

  1. of, containing, or resembling fibrin

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It will also be noticed that the space immediately outside of and around the artery, vein, and air tube is similarly broadened by fibrinous deposits.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

Classen shares Wagner's views, but, according to Boldygrew, the pseudo-membrane consists of successive coagulations of a fibrinous fluid which exudes from the diseased surface.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

The fibrinous matter soon becomes detached and is coughed up.

From Health, Happiness, and Longevity Health without medicine: happiness without money: the result, longevity by McCarty, Louis Philippe

The cases of sporadic croup met with in the intervals between epidemics present few constitutional symptoms, and assume more the nature of an active inflammatory disease—very much like the sporadic cases of fibrinous tracheo-bronchitis.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

The fibrinous and fibrino-cellular products of the inflammation of serous surfaces are favorable positions for the deposition of calcium salts, as are thrombi arising from the walls of blood-vessels.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

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