fibrin
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Red blood cells trapped by fibrin
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An 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 that the bleeding stops.
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