fibrinogen

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fibrinogen - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

fibrinogen - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  fibrinogen
      n 1: a protein present in blood plasma; converts to fibrin when
           blood clots [syn: fibrinogen, factor I]