fibrinous

[Eng. fibrin; -ous.) Composed of or partaking of the nature of fibrin. fi-bro-, in compos. [ Lat.fibra =a fiber.] Anat ., Nat . Science , .: Fibrous. fi-brō-căr-til-age (age as ig), s. [Pref. fibro-, and Eng., ., cartilage.] Physiol.: A compound of white fibrous ti ue and cartilage in varying proportions. To the strength and density of fibroin it adds the elasticity of cartilage. It is of two kinds: (1) the Articular, fi-bro-In, fi-bro-ine, s. [Pref. fibro-; -in, -ine (Chem.) (q. v.).] Chem.: C71H107 N24025, or C15H23N5O6. Both these formulæ have been given to fibroin, which constitutes the chief part of the fiber of silk. It is extracted by digesting the silk with water, under a pre ure of three atmospheres, and then removing the fat with ether; it is a white ma . Boiled with dilute sulphuric acid, it yields leucine, tyrosine, and glycocine. It is the principal constituent of cobwebs and the horny skeletons of sponges. fi-bro-lite, s. [Latin fibra a fiber, and suff. -lite ( Min.)=Gr. lithos =a stone.] Min.: A monoclinic, transparent or translucent mineral, occurring in gnei , mica schist, and related metamorphic rocks in Bohemia, Bavaria, and parts of the United States. It has commonly long slender crystals, sometimes fibrous or columnar ma ive. Color, brown or olive-green. Fibrolite was much used for stone implements in Western Europe in the Stone Age. fi-brō-mü-cous, a. [Pref. fibro-, and Eng., ., mucous .] Anat .: Partaking of the natures or characters of fibrous and mucous membranes; applied to mem branes of a fibrous character which are intimately connected with others of a mucous nature; as, the pituitary membrane, the membrane of the urethra, .