DEFIBRINATE Definition & Meaning

defibrinate

[ dee-fahy-bruh-neyt ]

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verb (used with object)

Medicine/Medical.

defibrinated, defibrinating.

to remove fibrin from (blood).

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Origin of defibrinate¹

First recorded in 1835–45; de- + fibrin + -ate ¹

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Example Sentences

“He is so young and strong and of blood so pure that we need not defibrinate it.”

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Fill a large test tube or a small bottle one fourth full of the defibrinated blood and thin it by adding an equal amount of water.

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The blood, defibrinated and freshly drawn, has marked germicidal action; for bacteria its action is decidedly deadly, even hours after it has been drawn from the body.

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You say that the blood found in the safe was defibrinated or artificially treated.

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Van Helsing, turning to me, said, "He is so young and strong, and of blood so pure that we need not defibrinate it."

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