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🩸 Breaks blood clots 💊 Clot-dissolving medicine
fibrinolytic

fibrinolytic

8.3
A medicine that helps break up blood clots
  • noun
  • /ˌfaɪbrɪˈnɒlɪtɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : fibrinolítico
  • The doctor administered a fibrinolytic to help dissolve the patient's blood clot quickly.

Examples

  • Researchers are developing new fibrinolytics to improve stroke treatment outcomes.

  • The doctor prescribed a fibrinolytic to dissolve the clot.

  • A single dose of fibrinolytic therapy can be life-saving in cases of acute heart attack.

  • Many fibrinolytics are used in emergency medicine.

  • The doctor administered a fibrinolytic to help dissolve the patient's blood clot quickly.

  • A single dose of fibrinolytic therapy can be life-saving in cases of acute heart attack.

  • Many fibrinolytics are used in emergency medicine to treat patients with severe blood clots.

Synonyms

plasmin
vsfibrinolytic
  • Specialized
8.6

A protein in the blood that breaks down blood clots

is a broader category covering both drugs and enzymes that promote fibrin breakdown
fibrinolysin
vsfibrinolytic
  • Specialized
9.9

A substance the body makes that dissolves blood clots

is a general term for drugs or enzymes that promote fibrin breakdown
thrombolytic
vsfibrinolytic
  • Specialized
8.2

A drug that breaks up blood clots to open blocked blood vessels

is broader and includes both drugs and natural enzymes promoting fibrin breakdown
thrombolytic agent
vsfibrinolytic
  • Specialized
6.2

A drug that breaks up blood clots to restore blood flow during a heart attack or stroke

is the wider category that also covers enzymes that break down fibrin
plasminogen activator
vsfibrinolytic
  • Specialized
7.9

A substance made by the body that helps break down blood clots

is about agents that directly break down fibrin rather than starting the process

Surface Forms

fibrinolytic singular
fibrinolytics plural

Etymology

Fibrinolytic comes from fibrin ('the protein that forms blood clots') and -lytic ('to break' or 'destroy', like the 'lysis' in 'analysis'), so a fibrinolytic is a drug or enzyme that breaks down the fibrin in a clot to help it dissolve.