fibrin
         n 1: a white insoluble fibrous protein formed by the action of
               thrombin on fibrinogen when blood clots; it forms a network
               that traps red cells and platelets

English Dictionary: fibrinolysin	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fibrinase n in the clotting of blood thrombin catalyzes factor XIII into its active form (fibrinase) which causes fibrin to form a stable clot Synonym(s): fibrinase, factor XIII
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fibrinogen n a protein present in blood plasma; converts to fibrin when blood clots Synonym(s): fibrinogen, factor I
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fibrinolysin n an enzyme that dissolves the fibrin of blood clots [syn: plasmin, fibrinolysin]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fibrinolysis n a normal ongoing process that dissolves fibrin and results in the removal of small blood clots; "drugs causing fibrinolysis have been utilized therapeutically"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fibrinopeptide n peptide released from the amino end of fibrinogen by the action of thrombin to form fibrin during clotting of the blood
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fibrinous adj characterized by the presence of fibrin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fibroma n nonmalignant tumor of connective tissue
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fibromyositis n local inflammation of muscle and connective tissue
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
five iron n middle-distance iron Synonym(s): mashie, five iron
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Favor \Fa"vor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Favored}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Favoring}.] [Written also favour.] [Cf. OF. favorer,       favorir. See {Favor}, n.]       1. To regard with kindness; to support; to aid, or to have             the disposition to aid, or to wish success to; to be             propitious to; to countenance; to treat with consideration             or tenderness; to show partiality or unfair bias towards.                         O happy youth! and favored of the skies. --Pope.                         He that favoreth Joab, . . . let him go after Joab.                                                                               --2 Sam. xx.                                                                               11.                         [The painter] has favored her squint admirably.                                                                               --Swift.          2. To afford advantages for success to; to facilitate; as, a             weak place favored the entrance of the enemy.          3. To resemble in features; to have the aspect or looks of;             as, the child favors his father.                         The porter owned that the gentleman favored his                      master.                                             --Spectator.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Favoring \Fa"vor*ing\, a.       That favors. -- {Fa"vor*ing*ly}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Favoring \Fa"vor*ing\, a.       That favors. -- {Fa"vor*ing*ly}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fee \Fee\ (f[emac]), n. [OE. fe, feh, feoh, cattle, property,       money, fief, AS. feoh cattle, property, money; the senses of       [bd]property, money,[b8] arising from cattle being used in       early times as a medium of exchange or payment, property       chiefly consisting of cattle; akin to OS. fehu cattle,       property, D. vee cattle, OHG. fihu, fehu, G. vieh, Icel.       f[emac] cattle, property, money, Goth. fa[a1]hu, L. pecus       cattle, pecunia property, money, Skr. pa[cced]u cattle, perh.       orig., [bd]a fastened or tethered animal,[b8] from a root       signifying to bind, and perh. akin to E. fang, fair, a.; cf.       OF. fie, flu, feu, fleu, fief, F. fief, from German, of the       same origin. the sense fief is due to the French. [root]249.       Cf. {Feud}, {Fief}, {Fellow}, {Pecuniary}.]       1. property; possession; tenure. [bd]Laden with rich fee.[b8]             --Spenser.                         Once did she hold the gorgeous East in fee.                                                                               --Wordsworth.          2. Reward or compensation for services rendered or to be             rendered; especially, payment for professional services,             of optional amount, or fixed by custom or laws; charge;             pay; perquisite; as, the fees of lawyers and physicians;             the fees of office; clerk's fees; sheriff's fees; marriage             fees, etc.                         To plead for love deserves more fee than hate.                                                                               --Shak.          3. (Feud. Law) A right to the use of a superior's land, as a             stipend for services to be performed; also, the land so             held; a fief.          4. (Eng. Law) An estate of inheritance supposed to be held             either mediately or immediately from the sovereign, and             absolutely vested in the owner.          Note: All the land in England, except the crown land, is of                this kind. An absolute fee, or fee simple, is land                which a man holds to himself and his heirs forever, who                are called tenants in fee simple. In modern writers, by                fee is usually meant fee simple. A limited fee may be a                qualified or base fee, which ceases with the existence                of certain conditions; or a conditional fee, or fee                tail, which is limited to particular heirs.                --Blackstone.          5. (Amer. Law) An estate of inheritance belonging to the             owner, and transmissible to his heirs, absolutely and             simply, without condition attached to the tenure.          {Fee estate} (Eng. Law), land or tenements held in fee in             consideration or some acknowledgment or service rendered             to the lord.          {Fee farm} (Law), land held of another in fee, in             consideration of an annual rent, without homage, fealty,             or any other service than that mentioned in the feoffment;             an estate in fee simple, subject to a perpetual rent.             --Blackstone.          {Fee farm rent} (Eng. Law), a perpetual rent reserved upon a             conveyance in fee simple.          {Fee fund} (Scot. Law), certain court dues out of which the             clerks and other court officers are paid.          {Fee simple} (Law), an absolute fee; a fee without conditions             or limits.                         Buy the fee simple of my life for an hour and a                      quarter.                                             --Shak.          {Fee tail} (Law), an estate of inheritance, limited and             restrained to some particular heirs. --Burill.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fee \Fee\ (f[emac]), n. [OE. fe, feh, feoh, cattle, property,       money, fief, AS. feoh cattle, property, money; the senses of       [bd]property, money,[b8] arising from cattle being used in       early times as a medium of exchange or payment, property       chiefly consisting of cattle; akin to OS. fehu cattle,       property, D. vee cattle, OHG. fihu, fehu, G. vieh, Icel.       f[emac] cattle, property, money, Goth. fa[a1]hu, L. pecus       cattle, pecunia property, money, Skr. pa[cced]u cattle, perh.       orig., [bd]a fastened or tethered animal,[b8] from a root       signifying to bind, and perh. akin to E. fang, fair, a.; cf.       OF. fie, flu, feu, fleu, fief, F. fief, from German, of the       same origin. the sense fief is due to the French. [root]249.       Cf. {Feud}, {Fief}, {Fellow}, {Pecuniary}.]       1. property; possession; tenure. [bd]Laden with rich fee.[b8]             --Spenser.                         Once did she hold the gorgeous East in fee.                                                                               --Wordsworth.          2. Reward or compensation for services rendered or to be             rendered; especially, payment for professional services,             of optional amount, or fixed by custom or laws; charge;             pay; perquisite; as, the fees of lawyers and physicians;             the fees of office; clerk's fees; sheriff's fees; marriage             fees, etc.                         To plead for love deserves more fee than hate.                                                                               --Shak.          3. (Feud. Law) A right to the use of a superior's land, as a             stipend for services to be performed; also, the land so             held; a fief.          4. (Eng. Law) An estate of inheritance supposed to be held             either mediately or immediately from the sovereign, and             absolutely vested in the owner.          Note: All the land in England, except the crown land, is of                this kind. An absolute fee, or fee simple, is land                which a man holds to himself and his heirs forever, who                are called tenants in fee simple. In modern writers, by                fee is usually meant fee simple. A limited fee may be a                qualified or base fee, which ceases with the existence                of certain conditions; or a conditional fee, or fee                tail, which is limited to particular heirs.                --Blackstone.          5. (Amer. Law) An estate of inheritance belonging to the             owner, and transmissible to his heirs, absolutely and             simply, without condition attached to the tenure.          {Fee estate} (Eng. Law), land or tenements held in fee in             consideration or some acknowledgment or service rendered             to the lord.          {Fee farm} (Law), land held of another in fee, in             consideration of an annual rent, without homage, fealty,             or any other service than that mentioned in the feoffment;             an estate in fee simple, subject to a perpetual rent.             --Blackstone.          {Fee farm rent} (Eng. Law), a perpetual rent reserved upon a             conveyance in fee simple.          {Fee fund} (Scot. Law), certain court dues out of which the             clerks and other court officers are paid.          {Fee simple} (Law), an absolute fee; a fee without conditions             or limits.                         Buy the fee simple of my life for an hour and a                      quarter.                                             --Shak.          {Fee tail} (Law), an estate of inheritance, limited and             restrained to some particular heirs. --Burill.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fever \Fe"ver\, n. [OE. fever, fefer, AS. fefer, fefor, L.       febris: cf. F. fi[8a]vre. Cf. {Febrile}.]       1. (Med.) A diseased state of the system, marked by increased             heat, acceleration of the pulse, and a general derangement             of the functions, including usually, thirst and loss of             appetite. Many diseases, of which fever is the most             prominent symptom, are denominated fevers; as, typhoid             fever; yellow fever.          Note: Remitting fevers subside or abate at intervals;                intermitting fevers intermit or entirely cease at                intervals; continued or continual fevers neither remit                nor intermit.          2. Excessive excitement of the passions in consequence of             strong emotion; a condition of great excitement; as, this             quarrel has set my blood in a fever.                         An envious fever Of pale and bloodless emulation.                                                                               --Shak.                         After life's fitful fever he sleeps well. --Shak.          {Brain fever}, {Continued fever}, etc. See under {Brain},             {Continued}, etc.          {Fever and ague}, a form of fever recurring in paroxysms             which are preceded by chills. It is of malarial origin.          {Fever blister} (Med.), a blister or vesicle often found             about the mouth in febrile states; a variety of herpes.          {Fever bush} (Bot.), the wild allspice or spice bush. See             {Spicewood}.          {Fever powder}. Same as {Jame's powder}.          {Fever root} (Bot.), an American herb of the genus             {Triosteum} ({T. perfoliatum}); -- called also {feverwort}             amd {horse gentian}.          {Fever sore}, a carious ulcer or necrosis. --Miner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fever \Fe"ver\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fevered}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Fevering}.]       To put into a fever; to affect with fever; as, a fevered lip.       [R.]                   The white hand of a lady fever thee.      --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fibrin \Fi"brin\, n. [Cf. F. fibrine. See {Fiber}.] (Physiol.       Chem.)       1. A white, albuminous, fibrous substance, formed in the             coagulation of the blood either by decomposition of             fibrinogen, or from the union of fibrinogen and             paraglobulin which exist separately in the blood. It is             insoluble in water, but is readily digestible in gastric             and pancreatic juice.          2. The white, albuminous mass remaining after washing lean             beef or other meat with water until all coloring matter is             removed; the fibrous portion of the muscle tissue; flesh             fibrin.          3. An albuminous body, resembling animal fibrin in             composition, found in cereal grains and similar seeds;             vegetable fibrin.          {Fibrin factors} (Physiol.), the albuminous bodies,             paraglobulin and fibrinigen in the blood, which, by the             action of the fibrin ferment, are changed into fibrin, in             coagulation.          {Fibrin ferment} (Physiol. Chem.), a ferment which makes its             appearance in the blood shortly after it is shed, and is             supposed to be the active agent in causing coagulation of             the blood, with formation of fibrin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fibrin \Fi"brin\, n. [Cf. F. fibrine. See {Fiber}.] (Physiol.       Chem.)       1. A white, albuminous, fibrous substance, formed in the             coagulation of the blood either by decomposition of             fibrinogen, or from the union of fibrinogen and             paraglobulin which exist separately in the blood. It is             insoluble in water, but is readily digestible in gastric             and pancreatic juice.          2. The white, albuminous mass remaining after washing lean             beef or other meat with water until all coloring matter is             removed; the fibrous portion of the muscle tissue; flesh             fibrin.          3. An albuminous body, resembling animal fibrin in             composition, found in cereal grains and similar seeds;             vegetable fibrin.          {Fibrin factors} (Physiol.), the albuminous bodies,             paraglobulin and fibrinigen in the blood, which, by the             action of the fibrin ferment, are changed into fibrin, in             coagulation.          {Fibrin ferment} (Physiol. Chem.), a ferment which makes its             appearance in the blood shortly after it is shed, and is             supposed to be the active agent in causing coagulation of             the blood, with formation of fibrin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fibrin \Fi"brin\, n. [Cf. F. fibrine. See {Fiber}.] (Physiol.       Chem.)       1. A white, albuminous, fibrous substance, formed in the             coagulation of the blood either by decomposition of             fibrinogen, or from the union of fibrinogen and             paraglobulin which exist separately in the blood. It is             insoluble in water, but is readily digestible in gastric             and pancreatic juice.          2. The white, albuminous mass remaining after washing lean             beef or other meat with water until all coloring matter is             removed; the fibrous portion of the muscle tissue; flesh             fibrin.          3. An albuminous body, resembling animal fibrin in             composition, found in cereal grains and similar seeds;             vegetable fibrin.          {Fibrin factors} (Physiol.), the albuminous bodies,             paraglobulin and fibrinigen in the blood, which, by the             action of the fibrin ferment, are changed into fibrin, in             coagulation.          {Fibrin ferment} (Physiol. Chem.), a ferment which makes its             appearance in the blood shortly after it is shed, and is             supposed to be the active agent in causing coagulation of             the blood, with formation of fibrin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fibrination \Fi`bri*na"tion\, n. (Med.)       The state of acquiring or having an excess of fibrin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fibrine \Fi"brine\, a.       Belonging to the fibers of plants.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fibrinogen \Fi*brin"o*gen\, n. [Fibrin + -gen.] (Physiol. Chem.)       An albuminous substance existing in the blood, and in other       animal fluids, which either alone or with fibrinoplastin or       paraglobulin forms fibrin, and thus causes coagulation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fibrinogenous \Fi`bri*nog"e*nous\, a. (Physiol. Chem.)       Possessed of properties similar to fibrinogen; capable of       forming fibrin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fibrinoplastic \Fi`bri*no*plas"tic\, a. (Physiol.Chem.)       Like fibrinoplastin; capable of forming fibrin when brought       in contact with fibrinogen.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fibrinoplastin \Fi`bri*no*plas"tin\, n. [Fibrin + Gr. [?] to       form, mold.] (Physiol.Chem.)       An albuminous substance, existing in the blood, which in       combination with fibrinogen forms fibrin; -- called also       {paraglobulin}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fibrinous \Fi"bri*nous\ (? [or] ?; 277), a.       Having, or partaking of the properties of, fibrin; as,       fibrious exudation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fibroin \Fi"bro*in\ (? [or] ?), n. [L. fibra a fiber.] (Chem.)       A variety of gelatin; the chief ingredient of raw silk,       extracted as a white amorphous mass.
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