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Fibrinogen

noun
1.
A protein present in blood plasma; converts to fibrin when blood clots.  Synonym: factor I.






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... kinds of proteids are found in the plasma, called serum albumin, serum globulin, and fibrinogen. These resemble, in a general way, the white of raw egg, but differ from each other in the readiness with which they coagulate. Fibrinogen coagulates more readily than the others and is the only one that changes in the ordinary coagulation of the blood. The others remain dissolved during this process, but are coagulated by chemical agents and by heat. While all of the proteids ...
— Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools • Francis M. Walters, A.M.



Words linked to "Fibrinogen" :   clotting factor, coagulation factor, factor I



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