fibrin at i on

[Eng. fibrin; -ation.] Med.: The state of becoming fibrinous or having an exce of fibrin, as in inflammatory diseases. fi-brine, s. [FIBRIN.] fi-brin-o -ô-gen, s. [Eng., ., fibrin, and Gr. gennao to engender, to produce.] Anat .: Fibrinogenous substance; the name given, in 1861, by A. Schmidt, of Dorpat, to one of the two constituents which go to make fibrin, the latter, when it appears as a coagulum or a fluid, being produced at the moment, and not previously existing in a liquid state. The other constituent is called fibrinoplastin, or fibrinoplastic substance. ( Quain .) fi-brin-og-en-ous, a. [Eng. fibrinogen; -ous.] Anat.: Pertaining to fibrinogen (q. v.); forming or aiding the formation of fibers. fibrogenous substance, s. Anat.: The same as FIBRINOGEN (q. v.). fi-brin-o-plăs-tic, a. [Eng. fibrin; o connective, and plastic.] Anat .: Pertaining to fibrinoplastin; forming or aiding in the formation of fibrin.