English Explanatory Dictionary

fibrinopeptide

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A polypeptide fragment, cleaved from fibrinogen by thrombin, that combines to form fibrin during blood-clotting

Word forms

fibrinopeptide fibrinopeptides

Etymology

From fibrin + -o- + peptide.

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