Definition of Fibrinous

1. Adjective. Characterized by the presence of fibrin.

Partainyms: Fibrin
Derivative terms: Fibrin

Definition of Fibrinous

1. a. Having, or partaking of the properties of, fibrin; as, fibrious exudation.

Definition of Fibrinous

1. Adjective. of, pertaining to, characteristic of, resembling or having the nature of fibrin ¹

2. Adjective. composed of fibrin ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fibrinous

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Fibrinous

1. Pertaining to or composed of fibrin. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fibrinous

fibrinolysins
fibrinolysis
fibrinolysokinase
fibrinolytic
fibrinolytic agent
fibrinolytic purpura
fibrinopeptide
fibrinopeptide a
fibrinopeptide b
fibrinopeptides
fibrinoplastic
fibrinoplastin
fibrinopurulent
fibrinopurulent inflammation
fibrinoscopy
fibrinous (current term)
fibrinous adhesion
fibrinous bronchitis
fibrinous cast
fibrinous degeneration
fibrinous inflammation
fibrinous iritis
fibrinous lymph
fibrinous pericarditis
fibrinous pleurisy
fibrinous polyp
fibrins
fibrinuria
fibrists
fibro

Literary usage of Fibrinous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler, Thomas McCrae (1916)
"In several diseases fibrinous moulds of the bronchi are formed, as in diphtheria ... A'hich, however, have nothing to do with true fibrinous bronchitis. ..."

2. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"When acute it is usually secondary and molds—fibrinous casts of the bronchi—are formed ... Caustic poisons may in rare cases cause fibrinous bronchitis. ..."

3. A German-English dictionary of terms used in medicine and the allied sciences by Hugo Lang, Bertram Abrahams (1905)
"-läge Fibrin-schwarte, /. dense fibrinous exudation, deposit or covering Fibrin-strang, m. fasciculus of band of fibrin Fibrin-urie, /. passage of fibrin in ..."

4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1870)
"were simultaneously attacked with fibrinous bronchitis. Some peculiarity in the local inflammatory process may, it is not absurd to suppose, ..."

5. The Rockefeller Billions: The Story of the World's Most Stupendous Fortune by Jules Abels (1907)
"Although the diplococcus lanceolatus is now generally accepted as the cause of acute fibrinous pneumonia, still it is not always capable of demonstration in ..."

6. A Manual of clinical diagnosis by means of microscopic and chemical methods by Charles Edmund Simon (1900)
"fibrinous Casts.—fibrinous casts are observed especially in cases of ... They are also seen in cases of so-called fibrinous bronchitis (Fig. ..."

7. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1908)
"It has been believed that a study of an inflammatory fibrinous exudate might ... fibrinous exudates are readily obtained by injection of turpentine into the ..."

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