Definition of Fibren
Fi"brin (?), n. [Cf. F. fibrine.
See Fiber.] (Physiol. Chem.) 1. A
white, albuminous, fibrous substance, formed in the coagulation of
the blood either by decomposition of fibrinogen, or from the union of
fibrinogen and paraglobulin which exist separately in the blood. It
is insoluble in water, but is readily digestible in gastric and
pancreatic juice.
2. The white, albuminous mass remaining after
washing lean beef or other meat with water until all coloring matter
is removed; the fibrous portion of the muscle tissue; flesh
fibrin.
3. An albuminous body, resembling animal
fibrin in composition, found in cereal grains and similar seeds;
vegetable fibrin.
Fibrin factors (Physiol.), the
albuminous bodies, paraglobulin and fibrinigen in the blood, which,
by the action of the fibrin ferment, are changed into fibrin, in
coagulation. -- Fibrin ferment (Physiol.
Chem.), a ferment which makes its appearance in the blood
shortly after it is shed, and is supposed to be the active agent in
causing coagulation of the blood, with formation of fibrin.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A white, albuminous, fibrous substance, formed in the coagulation of the blood .
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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