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fibrin

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fibrin: see blood clotting blood clotting, process by which the blood coagulates to form solid masses, or clots. In minor injuries, small oval bodies called platelets, or thrombocytes, tend to collect and form plugs in blood vessel openings.
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fibrin
a white insoluble elastic protein formed from fibrinogen when blood clots: forms a network that traps red cells and platelets

fibrin [′fī·brən]
(biochemistry)
The fibrous, insoluble protein that forms the structure of a blood clot; formed by the action of thrombin.


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measured how far individual fibrin fibers can stretch.
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