FIBRINOPEPTIDE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Peptide released from the amino end of fibrinogen by the action of thrombin to form fibrin during clotting of the blood

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("fibrinopeptide" is a kind of...):

peptide (amide combining the amino group of one amino acid with the carboxyl group of another; usually obtained by partial hydrolysis of protein)

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