thrombolytic

thrombolytic
Breaking up or dissolving a thrombus. SYN: thromboclastic.

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throm·bo·lyt·ic .thräm-bə-'lit-ik adj destroying or breaking up a thrombus <a \thrombolytic agent> <\thrombolytic therapy>
throm·bol·y·sis .thräm-'bäl-ə-səs n, pl -y·ses -.sēz
thrombolytic n a thrombolytic drug (as streptokinase or urokinase): clot-buster

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adj.
describing an agent that breaks up blood clots (thrombi). See fibrinolytic, tissue-type plasminogen activator.

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throm·bo·lyt·ic (throm″bo-litґik) 1. dissolving or splitting up thrombi. 2. an agent that dissolves or splits up thrombi. Cf. antithrombotic.

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