fibrin

fibrin

English

Alternative forms

• fibrine (dated)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaɪbɹɪn/

Noun

fibrin (usually uncountable, plural fibrins)

1. A white, albuminous, fibrous substance, formed in the coagulation of the blood.
2. An elastic, insoluble, whitish protein produced by the action of thrombin on fibrinogen and forming an interlacing fibrous network in the coagulation of blood.
3. An albuminous body, resembling animal fibrin in composition, found in cereal grains and similar seeds; vegetable fibrin.

Synonyms

• (medicine) factor Ia

Derived terms

• fibrination
• fibrinlike
• fibrinogen
• fibrinoplastin
• fibrinous

Translations

fibrous substance

Asturian: fibrina f Catalan: fibrina f Chinese: Mandarin: 血纖蛋白／血纤蛋白 (xuèxiān dànbái) Esperanto: fibrino Finnish: kuituaine, fibriini Hungarian: fibrin Ido: fibrino (io) Russian: фибри́н (ru) m (fibrín) Spanish: fibrina f Swedish: fibrin (sv) n Westrobothnian: tönnjen f pl

Verb

fibrin (third-person singular simple present fibrins, present participle fibrining, simple past and past participle fibrined)

1. To apply fibrin sealant to a surgical site to either stop bleeding or for surgical flap closure.

References

• fibrin in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911