'Fibrinogen' definitions:
Definition of 'fibrinogen'
(from WordNet)
noun
A protein present in blood plasma; converts to fibrin when blood clots [syn: fibrinogen, factor I]
Definition of 'Fibrinogen'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]