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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
- factor i a protein present in blood plasma; converts to fibrin when blood clots
- fibrinopeptide peptide released from the amino end of fibrinogen by the action of thrombin to form fibrin during clotting of the blood
- fibrinolysis a normal ongoing process that dissolves fibrin and results in the removal of small blood clots
- urokinase protease produced in the kidney that converts plasminogen to plasmin and so initiates fibrinolysis
- afibrinogenemia the absence of fibrinogen in the plasma leading to prolonged bleeding
- factor xiii in the clotting of blood thrombin catalyzes factor XIII into its active form (fibrinase) which causes fibrin to form a stable clot
- plasmin an enzyme that dissolves the fibrin of blood clots