Etymology

defibrinate

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Today it means: (of blood) To remove fibrin from; to deprive of fibrin. Full definition →

English fibrin ← Latin dē- ← Proto-Italic *dē
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Englishfibre
  8. Englishfibrin
  9. English todaydefibrinate

From de- + fibrin + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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