defibrinate

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to remove fibrin from blood, preventing or reducing clot formation

   Laboratory staff defibrinate the blood by stirring it as the clotting strands form.

Formed from de- ("remove") + fibrin + -ate. Fibrin, named from Latin fibra ("fiber") + -in, is the insoluble protein that forms a blood clot, so the verb literally means "to remove fibrin."

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