Definitions for fibrinogenfaɪˈbrɪn ə dʒən
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
fi•brin•o•genfaɪˈbrɪn ə dʒən(n.)
a globulin occurring in blood and yielding fibrin in blood coagulation.
Category: Biochemistry
Origin of fibrinogen:
1870–75; fibrin+-o-+-gen
Princeton's WordNet
fibrinogen, factor I(noun)
a protein present in blood plasma; converts to fibrin when blood clots
Wiktionary
fibrinogen(Noun)
A protein that in humans plays a part in the forming of clots.
Webster Dictionary
Fibrinogen(noun)
an albuminous substance existing in the blood, and in other animal fluids, which either alone or with fibrinoplastin or paraglobulin forms fibrin, and thus causes coagulation
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Fibrinogen
Plasma glycoprotein clotted by thrombin, composed of a dimer of three non-identical pairs of polypeptide chains (alpha, beta, gamma) held together by disulfide bonds. Fibrinogen clotting is a sol-gel change involving complex molecular arrangements: whereas fibrinogen is cleaved by thrombin to form polypeptides A and B, the proteolytic action of other enzymes yields different fibrinogen degradation products.
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