fibrin

Meanings

Noun

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

Verb

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

Related

Similar words

• factor Ia

Origin

• fibre + -in