noun
- Plural of fibrin; insoluble proteins formed from fibrinogen during blood clotting that form the structural basis of blood clots.
Usage: medical/scientific term; typically used in plural form when referring to multiple instances or types
Examples
- Fibrins are essential components of the coagulation cascade.
- The laboratory analyzed different fibrins to understand clotting disorders.
- Cross-linked fibrins strengthen the blood clot structure.
- Doctors studied how fibrins form in patients with hemophilia.
- The presence of abnormal fibrins can indicate a bleeding disorder.