defibrinate

verb

defibrinate

verb

UK /dɪˈfaɪbɹɪneɪt/

Etymology From de- + fibrin + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

1

Medicine, Sciences (of blood) To remove fibrin from; to deprive of fibrin.

  • Van Helsing turning to me, said:— ‘He is so young and strong and of blood so pure that we need not defibrinate it.’1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, Westminster [London]: Archibald Constable and Company, […], →OCLC:
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