fibrinogen
noun
fi·brin·o·gen fī-ˈbri-nə-jən 
: a plasma protein that is produced in the liver and is converted into fibrin during blood clot formation
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web For instance, estrogen increases the activity of fibrinogen, a blood plasma protein that promotes coagulation. 
Sarah Jacoby, SELF, 12 Aug. 2020 Meanwhile another venom protein, disintegrin, acted as a magnet to my platelets and fibrinogen, molecular components that help blood clot. Kyle Dickman, Outside Online, 20 June 2018 In this complex process known as a coagulation cascade, an enzyme in your blood called thrombin allows a protein called fibrinogen to form a net-like structure that hardens and contracts. Korin Miller, SELF, 15 Dec. 2017 Exactly what will be in thread, Page isn’t quite sure — maybe collagens, maybe fibrinogens. Noah Shachtman, WIRED, 25 Mar. 2009
Sarah Jacoby, SELF, 12 Aug. 2020 Meanwhile another venom protein, disintegrin, acted as a magnet to my platelets and fibrinogen, molecular components that help blood clot. Kyle Dickman, Outside Online, 20 June 2018 In this complex process known as a coagulation cascade, an enzyme in your blood called thrombin allows a protein called fibrinogen to form a net-like structure that hardens and contracts. Korin Miller, SELF, 15 Dec. 2017 Exactly what will be in thread, Page isn’t quite sure — maybe collagens, maybe fibrinogens. Noah Shachtman, WIRED, 25 Mar. 2009 Word History
Etymology
International Scientific Vocabulary
First Known Use
1872, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
fibrinogen
noun
fi·brin·o·gen fī-ˈbrin-ə-jən
: a plasma protein that is produced in the liver and is converted into fibrin during blood clot formation