(from the article `blood disease`) Afibrinogenemia, or hypofibrinogenemia, refers to a reduction in the amount of the clotting factor fibrinogen in the blood. This is seen in rare ...
(a″fi-brin″o-jә-ne´me-ә) absence or deficiency of fibrinogen in the circulating blood. Congenital afibrinogenemia (complete absence of fibrinogen) is a rare anomaly that is inherited. Acquired afibrinogenemia is actually a deficiency of fibrinogen (hypofibrinogenemia) and can be a serious complication ...
Type: Term Pronunciation: ā-fī′brin-ō-jĕ-nē′mē-ă Definitions: 1. The absence of fibrinogen in the plasma.
[n] - the absence of fibrinogen in the plasma leading to prolonged bleeding
afibrinogenemia 1. The absence of fibrinogen (a protein present in blood plasma which converts to fibrin when the blood clots) in the plasma leading to prolonged bleeding. 2. Absence or deficiency of fibrinogen in the circulating blood. The defect is inherited in goats, causing a severe hemorrhagic diathesis.
noun the absence of fibrinogen in the plasma leading to prolonged bleeding