fibrinogennoun [ U ]
uk/fɪˈbrɪn.ə.dʒən/us/faɪˈbrɪn.ə.dʒən/specializeda substance produced in the liver that is changed into fibrin to clot the blood when body tissue is damaged
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- Fibrinogen coagulates more readily than the others and is the only one that changes in the ordinary coagulation of the blood.
- The formation of the ferment leads in turn to the changing of the fibrinogen into fibrin.
- This liquid contains all the constituents of the plasma except the fibrinogen.
- Whether the presence of the calcium is necessary to the formation of the ferment or to the action of the ferment upon the fibrinogen is unknown.