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adj
Of, pertaining to, or causing thrombolysis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any drug that causes thrombolysis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a kind of pharmaceutical that can break up clots blocking the flow of blood to the heart muscle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: thrombolytic agent, clot buster
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pharmaceutical, pharmaceutic
Narrower terms: tissue plasminogen activator, Activase
History
From thrombolysis + tic. By surface analysis, thrombo- + -lytic.
Across languages
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
