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thrombolytic therapy

thrombolytic therapy

5.3
Use medicine to break up blood clots that cause heart attack or stroke
  • noun
  • /ˌθrɒm.bəˈlɪt.ɪk ˈθɛr.ə.pi/
  • Specialized
translation icon : terapia trombolítica
  • Early administration of thrombolytic therapy can lead to better outcomes in treating severe chest pain.
  • receive thrombolytic therapy

Examples

  • The benefit of thrombolytic therapy initiated within 30-60 minutes after the onset of symptoms can be estimated at 60-80 additional patients alive at 1 month per 1,000 treated compared with conventional therapy.

    Academic text (2000)

  • The role of thrombolytic therapy in acute aortic occlusion is emerging.

    Academic text (2007)

  • With certainty of diagnosis, thrombolytic therapy may be started quickly, before hospital admission.

    Academic text (2000)

  • We have earlier reported 8 cases of early stent thrombosis treated with systemic thrombolytic therapy with encouraging results.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Randomized trials comparing pre-hospital with in-hospital therapy have shown a substantial beneficial effect of very early thrombolytic therapy.

    Academic text (2000)

  • Examples of specific measures for these five diagnostic categories include, respectively: (a) aspirin on arrival, aspirin prescribed at discharge, and thrombolytic therapy received within 30 minutes of hospital arrival.

    Academic text (2003)

  • The subgroup analyses of the present study suggest that the risk of in-hospital mortality may be lower in patients receiving thrombolytic therapy within 3 hours than in those receiving it within 6 hours of symptom onset.

    Academic text (1995)

  • The doctor recommended thrombolytic therapy to dissolve the blood clots causing his stroke.

  • Thrombolytic therapy can significantly improve survival rates for patients experiencing a heart attack.

Synonyms

thrombolysis
vsthrombolytic therapy
  • Specialized
1 7.7

A medical treatment that breaks down blood clots in blood vessels

uses drugs to dissolve abnormal blood clots to treat heart attack or stroke

How Strong

thrombolytic therapy
  • Specialized
5.3
anticoagulant medication
  • Specialized
4.2
antiplatelet
  • Specialized
5.1

Surface Forms

thrombolytic therapy singular
thrombolytic therapies plural

Morphology

thrombolytic + therapy

If a learner knows 'thrombolytic' (a drug that dissolves blood clots) and 'therapy' (treatment), the compound meaning — treatment using clot-dissolving drugs — is directly derivable. Although the term is technical, its structure is compositional and mirrors cognates in many languages, so the meaning is transparent to someone who knows the constituents.

Etymology

Thrombolytic therapy comes from Greek parts thrombo- ('clot') and -lytic ('to break up'). It gives the clear image of drugs breaking a blood clot, so the phrase means 'treatment that uses medicine to dissolve clots'.