Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fibrinogen"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fibrinogen \Fi*brin"o*gen\, n. [Fibrin + -gen.] (Physiol. Chem.)
An albuminous substance existing in the blood, and in other
animal fluids, which either alone or with fibrinoplastin or
paraglobulin forms fibrin, and thus causes coagulation.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fibrinogen
n : a protein present in blood plasma; converts to fibrin when
blood clots [syn: {factor I}]
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