fibrinous

/ ˈfɪbrɪnəs /

adjective

Discover More

Fibrinous casts are characteristic of fibrinous bronchitis, but may also be found in diphtheria of the smaller bronchi.

The whiteness of the heart would have been due to the fibrinous layer of lymph on its surface, from the pericarditis.

Some fibrinous exudation may even organize into a membrane stretching across, and more or less completely occluding, the pupil.

The peritoneum showed some fibrinous exudate and mesenteric vessels.

It is usually associated with effusion of fluid, and this may be serous, sero-fibrinous, or purulent.

Browse