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nouna white insoluble fibrous protein formed by the action of thrombin on fibrinogen when blood clots; it forms a network that traps red cells and plateletstype of:
Definition that contains fibrin
- fibrinogen a protein present in blood plasma; converts to fibrin when blood clots
- fibrin a white insoluble fibrous protein formed by the action of thrombin on fibrinogen when blood clots; it forms a network that traps red cells and platelets
- fibrinous characterized by the presence of fibrin
- plasmin an enzyme that dissolves the fibrin of blood clots
- factor xiii in the clotting of blood thrombin catalyzes factor XIII into its active form (fibrinase) which causes fibrin to form a stable clot
- streptodornase an enzyme produced by some hemolytic strains of streptococcus that dissolves fibrinous secretions from infections; used medicinally (often in combination with streptokinase)
- congenital afibrinogenemia a rare congenital disorder of blood coagulation in which no fibrinogen is found in the blood plasma
- fibrinolysin an enzyme that dissolves the fibrin of blood clots
- plasminogen activator protease produced in the kidney that converts plasminogen to plasmin and so initiates fibrinolysis
- thrombin an enzyme that acts on fibrinogen in blood causing it to clot