noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A small protein fragment present in the blood after a blood clot is degraded by fibrinolysis, used in the diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, etc. countable, uncountable

Etymology

So named because it contains two D fragments of the fibrin protein joined by a cross-link.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.