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FIBRINOPEPTIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fibrinopeptide mean? 

FIBRINOPEPTIDE (noun)
  The noun FIBRINOPEPTIDE has 1 sense:

1. peptide released from the amino end of fibrinogen by the action of thrombin to form fibrin during clotting of the bloodplay

  Familiarity information: FIBRINOPEPTIDE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FIBRINOPEPTIDE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Peptide released from the amino end of fibrinogen by the action of thrombin to form fibrin during clotting of the blood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("fibrinopeptide" is a kind of...):

peptide (amide combining the amino group of one amino acid with the carboxyl group of another; usually obtained by partial hydrolysis of protein)


 Context examples 


Upon administration, ancrod cleaves fibrinogen and releases A-fibrinopeptides.

(Ancrod, NCI Thesaurus)



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