verb
- removing fibrin from blood or blood plasma, typically by mechanical agitation or chemical treatment
Usage: medical/scientific term; present participle of defibrinate
Examples
- The laboratory technician is defibrinating the blood sample to prepare it for analysis.
- Defibrinating plasma helps prevent clot formation in certain medical procedures.
- The process of defibrinating involves stirring the blood to remove fibrin strands.
- Researchers are defibrinating the serum before conducting immunological tests.