Dictionary

defibrinate en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /dɪˈfaɪbɹɪneɪt/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English fibre Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English fibrin Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English defibrinate From de- + fibrin + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Meanings

1. (transitive) (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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defibrination