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fibrinoid

 
Dictionary: fi·bri·noid   ('brə-noid', fĭb'rə-) pronunciation

adj.
Of or resembling fibrin.

n.
A homogenous acellular material similar to fibrin, found normally in the placenta and formed in connective tissue and in the walls of blood vessels in certain disease states.


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Medical Dictionary: fi·bri·noid
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('brə-noid', fĭb'rə-)
adj.

Of or resembling fibrin.

n.

A homogenous acellular material that resembles fibrin and is found in the placenta, forms in connective tissue and in the walls of blood vessels in certain diseases, and is sometimes observed in healing wounds and malignant hypertension.

Veterinary Dictionary: fibrinoid
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1. resembling fibrin.
2. a homogeneous, eosinophilic, relatively acellular refractile substance with some of the staining properties of fibrin.

 
 
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