fibrinous

fibrinous
a) of, pertaining to, characteristic of, resembling or having the nature of fibrin

The ancient Assyrian, Babylonian, Egyptian, Roman, Byzantine, Arabian, Chinese empires, and in modern times the sudden collapse of the French, Russian, German and Austrian empires warn us, by example, of what happens to nations, in spite of all their external splendor and apparent manifestations of greatness, when the private individual becomes restricted in thought and act by narrow, mean specialization, mean formalism, monotony of lines of action due to a legalized mesh of fibrinous tissue in a hypertrophied, cartilagenous, ossified structure of organized, and classified, governmental officialdom.


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  • Fibrinous — Fi bri*nous (? or ?; 277), a. Having, or partaking of the properties of, fibrin; as, fibrious exudation. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • fibrinous — [fī′brə nəs] adj. of, like, or containing fibrin * * * See fibrin. * * * …   Universalium

  • fibrinous — [fī′brə nəs] adj. of, like, or containing fibrin …   English World dictionary

  • fibrinous — Pertaining to or composed of fibrin. * * * fi·bri·nous fib rə nəs, fīb adj marked by the presence of fibrin <fibrinous pericarditis> <fibrinous exudate> …   Medical dictionary

  • fibrinous — adj. of or pertaining to fibrin, of or pertaining to the fibrinous protein produced during blood coagulation …   English contemporary dictionary

  • fibrinous — fibrin ► NOUN Biochemistry ▪ an insoluble protein formed as a fibrous mesh during the clotting of blood. DERIVATIVES fibrinoid adjective fibrinous adjective …   English terms dictionary

  • fibrinous pleurisy — pleurisy in which exudate forms fibrinous adhesions between the visceral and parietal pleurae, which partially or totally obliterate the pleural space. Called also adhesive p. and fibrinous or fibrosing pleuritis …   Medical dictionary

  • fibrinous pericarditis — fibrous pericarditis pericarditis characterized by a fibrinous exudate, sometimes accompanied by a small amount of serous effusion; it is usually manifest as a pericardial friction rub. It often progresses to adhesive pericarditis. Cf.… …   Medical dictionary

  • fibrinous pleuritis — fibrosing pleuritis fibrinous pleurisy …   Medical dictionary

  • fibrinous — adjective see fibrin …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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