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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
: 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

thrombolytic
vsfibrinolytic
  • Specialized
1 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
plasminogen activator
vsfibrinolytic
  • Specialized
1 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
thrombolytic agent
vsfibrinolytic
  • Specialized
1 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
fibrinolysin
vsfibrinolytic
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A substance the body makes that dissolves blood clots

is a general term for drugs or enzymes that promote fibrin breakdown
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

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.