different between fibrin vs syntonin

English

Alternative forms

• fibrine (dated)

Etymology

fibre +? -in (“used to form chemical names of proteins, etc”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fa?b??n/

Noun

fibrin (usually uncountable, plural fibrins)

1. A white, albuminous, fibrous substance, formed in the coagulation of the blood.
2. An elastic, insoluble, whitish protein produced by the action of thrombin on fibrinogen and forming an interlacing fibrous network in the coagulation of blood.
3. An albuminous body, resembling animal fibrin in composition, found in cereal grains and similar seeds; vegetable fibrin.

Synonyms

• (medicine) factor Ia

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

fibrin (third-person singular simple present fibrins, present participle fibrining, simple past and past participle fibrined)

1. To apply fibrin sealant to a surgical site to either stop bleeding or for surgical flap closure.

References

• fibrin in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Noun

syntonin (countable and uncountable, plural syntonins)

1. (obsolete, biochemistry) A form of fibrin found in muscle tissue, or produced by the action of acids on myosin

Synonyms

• musculin

References

syntonin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.