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thrombolytic

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thrombolytic /throm·bo·lyt·ic/ (throm″bo-lit´ik) dissolving or splitting up a thrombus, or an agent that so acts.
thrombolytic
[-lit′ik]
Etymology: Gk, thrombos + lysis, a loosening
pertaining to a drug or another agent that dissolves a thrombus.
thrombolytic [throm″bo-lit´ik]
1. dissolving or splitting up a thrombus.
2. an agent such as streptokinase or urokinase that dissolves or splits up a thrombus. See also anticoagulant and antithrombotic.
thrombolytic
1. dissolving or splitting up a thrombus.
2. an agent that dissolves or splits up a thrombus.
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