Fibrinogen

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fibrinogen
       n : a protein present in blood plasma; converts to fibrin when
           blood clots [syn: {factor I}]