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defibrinating

defibrinating is the present participle and gerund of defibrinate.

Meaning of defibrinate

Verb

defibrinate (third-person singular simple present defibrinates, present participle defibrinating, simple past and past participle defibrinated)

  1. (transitive) (of blood) To remove fibrin from; to deprive of fibrin.
    • Van Helsing turning to me, said:— ‘He is so young and strong and of blood so pure that we need not defibrinate it.’1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, Westminster [London]: Archibald Constable and Company, […], →OCLC

Questions about defibrinating

What is defibrinating the present participle and gerund of?
Defibrinating is the present participle and gerund of defibrinate.

Words near defibrinating in the dictionary

  1. defibrillize
  2. defibrillized
  3. defibrinate
  4. defibrinated
  5. defibrinates
  6. defibrinating
  7. defibrination
  8. defibrinations
  9. defibring
  10. defibrinise
  11. defibrinization

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