defibrination

[DEFIBRINATE.] The act or proce of depriving of fibrine. de-fi-brin-ize, v . t . [Pref. de away from, and Eng. fibrin (e); -ize.] To deprive or clear of fibrine. de-fi-cien-çỹ, *dě-fi-cience, s. [Lat. deficiens , pr. par. of deficio =to fail, to be wanting.] 1. A failing, an imperfection, a defect. "Thou in Thyself art perfect, and in Thee Is no deficience found Milton: P. L., viii. 415, 416. IMG:content-2023.png:[blocks in formation] ne by no means deficient in readine and shrewd" -Macaulay : Hist . Eng., ch. iii. defile *3. Failing, fainting, giving way. "I'll look no more; Lest my brain turn, and the deficient sight Topple down headlong. Shakesp.: King Lear, iv. 6.