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fibrin

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fibrin Insoluble, fibrous protein that is essential to blood clotting. Developed in the blood from a soluble protein, fibrinogen, fibrin is laid down at the site of a wound in the form of a mesh, which then dries and hardens so the bleeding stops.

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