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Definition of "fibrine" [fi•brine]

  • Relating to the fibres of plants. (adjective)
  • Dated form of fibrin. (noun)

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Use "fibrine" in a sentence
  • "Our blood, then, contains _white of egg_; it contains in fact -- if you care to know it -- sixty-five times more white of egg than fibrine, for in 1,000 ounces of blood, you will find 195 of _albumen_, and only three of _fibrine_; of _casein_, none."
  • "Thus, on one side slender threads arise, termed fibrine or filaments, and on the other lymph fluid appears, which receives the particles of salts freed from the filaments during their chemical separation."
  • "The hunting of animals renders their flesh more tender; the cause assigned is, that the great exertion of the muscles liquefies their fibrine, which is the toughest of their constituents."