Definitions for fibrin

fibrin fi·brin

Spelling: [fahy-brin]
IPA: /ˈfaɪ brɪn/

Fibrin is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 48 anagrams from letters in fibrin (bfiinr).

Definitions for fibrin

noun

  1. the insoluble protein end product of blood coagulation, formed from fibrinogen by the action of thrombin in the presence of calcium ions.
  2. Botany. a fibrinlike substance found in some plants; gluten.

Origin of fibrin

First recorded in 1790-1800; fibr- + -in2

Examples for fibrin

In a few places only was the peritoneal surface coated with fibrin, and the intestines were mostly free from adhesions.

The color of the clot is due to the entanglement of the corpuscles with the fibrin.

Further, Schtzenberger showed that the fibrin in undergoing this transformation had taken on 3.97 per cent.

However, it has been rendered probable that the amyloid deposit has close affinities with fibrin.

During the time that the parts are united only by the fibrin from the blood, any violence must tend to produce the same effect.

The question, then, arises, Will the chemical constitution of fibrin permit its conversion into oil?

In such cases the product of the inflammatory action is apt to be sero-purulent, with but a limited amount of fibrin.

Nitrogen is contained in most animal matter, but is most abundant in fibrin.

fibrin, or the elements which compose it, also escapes to infiltrate the mucous membrane and remain upon its surface.

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

Word Value for fibrin
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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