fibrin

English

Alternative forms

• fibrine (dated)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaɪbɹɪn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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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 (hu)
• Ido: fibrino (io)
• Russian: фибри́н (ru) m (fibrín)
• Spanish: fibrina f
• Swedish: fibrin (sv) n

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, →OCLC.

Indonesian

Noun

fibrin (first-person possessive fibrinku, second-person possessive fibrinmu, third-person possessive fibrinnya)

1. fibrin