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DEFIBRINATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does defibrinate mean?
• DEFIBRINATE (verb)
The verb DEFIBRINATE has 1 sense:
1. remove fibrin from (blood)
Familiarity information: DEFIBRINATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they defibrinate ... he / she / it defibrinates
Past simple: defibrinated
Past participle: defibrinated
-ing form: defibrinating
... he / she / it defibrinates Past simple: defibrinated
Past participle: defibrinated
-ing form: defibrinating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Remove fibrin from (blood)
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "defibrinate" is one way to...):
get rid of; remove (dispose of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Context examples
Van Helsing turning to me, said: He is so young and strong and of blood so pure that we need not defibrinate it.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
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