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FIBRINOPEPTIDE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fibrinopeptide mean?
• FIBRINOPEPTIDE (noun)
The noun FIBRINOPEPTIDE has 1 sense:
1. peptide released from the amino end of fibrinogen by the action of thrombin to form fibrin during clotting of the blood
Familiarity information: FIBRINOPEPTIDE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Peptide released from the amino end of fibrinogen by the action of thrombin to form fibrin during clotting of the blood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("fibrinopeptide" is a kind of...):
peptide (amide combining the amino group of one amino acid with the carboxyl group of another; usually obtained by partial hydrolysis of protein)
Context examples
Upon administration, ancrod cleaves fibrinogen and releases A-fibrinopeptides.
(Ancrod, NCI Thesaurus)
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