1. to remove fibrin from (blood or blood plasma)
Usage: medical/scientific term; transitive verb

Examples

• The laboratory technician defibrinated the blood sample to prepare it for analysis.
• Defibrinated plasma is often used in transfusion procedures.
• The process defibrinated the serum by mechanical agitation.
• Researchers defibrinated the blood to study its other components.
• The blood bank defibrinated samples before storage.