MEDICAL WORD HELP!

[Marla Sharp]

Defibrigenated? Huuuuh? Can't find it anywhere. Here's the sentence:
You open up the pericardium. What you see is some blood. But most of what's in there is already clotted because a fast bleed into the pericardium clots. A slow bleed gets defibrigenated. So it doesn't clot, and, in that case, you can drain it out.

[Jenny Griffin, RMR CRR CCRR CRC]

defibrinated
One entry found.

defibrinate
Main Entry: de·fi·brin·ate
Pronunciation: \(ˌ)dē-ˈfi-brə-ˌnāt, -ˈfī-\
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): de·fi·brin·at·ed; de·fi·brin·at·ing
Date: 1845
: to remove fibrin from (blood)
— de·fi·brin·ation \(ˌ)dē-ˌfi-brə-ˈnā-shən, -ˌfī-\ noun

[Marla Sharp]

Yeah, I found that too. Thanks, Jenny, for your help.

Now I just need to figure out if he made up his own word, if it's a word that I just haven't found the definition for, and if I should put "defibrigenated" or "defibrinated"? Opinions?

[Jenny Griffin, RMR CRR CCRR CRC]

I figure he just mispronounced it so I'd put defibrinated if it makes sense. Does the definition fit? Was he fast?

[Marla Sharp]

He wasn't that fast. It's pretty clear he said the "gen," "defribrigenated." I'm more inclined to put what he said because I don't know for sure it's not a word, and he seemed to not make many mistakes in pronouncing words like some of them do.

[Kyung]

Looks like defibrinogenate is a word. When I do a google search it comes up a lot in patent searches. Maybe it's a fairly new procedure.

I'm also pulling up defibrinogenating and defibrinogenation, both of which work in the context of your sentence.

Defibrinogenation /de·fi·brino·gen·a·tion/ (de?fi-brin?o-je-na´shun) induced defibrination, as in thrombolytic therapy.

So probably the verb form of the noun defibrinogenation.

[Cathryn Bauer]

IMO, it's defibrinogenated. I don't think it's actually a word, just something the witness made up, possibly in the moment.

Fibrinogen is a protein that interacts with other molecules to facilitate blood clotting. So it makes a lot of sense in the context you've given.

[Melissa Hill]

it's defibrinated -- pretty sure. don't know about the "g" in there, but defribinated means removal of fibrin from the blood. Defribrination syndrom is diffuse intravascular coagulation. Hope this helps!!

Melissa Hill