Definition of Fibrinolysis

1. Noun. A normal ongoing process that dissolves fibrin and results in the removal of small blood clots. "Drugs causing fibrinolysis have been utilized therapeutically"

Generic synonyms: Disintegration, Dissolution

Definition of Fibrinolysis

1. Noun. The process wherein a fibrin clot, the product of coagulation, is broken down. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fibrinolysis

1. [n -LYSES]

Medical Definition of Fibrinolysis

1. Solubilisation of fibrin in blood clots, chiefly by the proteolytic action of plasmin. Origin: Gr. Lysis = dissolution (12 Nov 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fibrinolysis

fibrinogenaemia
fibrinogenase
fibrinogenesis
fibrinogenic
fibrinogenolysis
fibrinogenopenia
fibrinogenous
fibrinogens
fibrinoid
fibrinoid necrosis
fibrinoids
fibrinokinase
fibrinolyses
fibrinolysin
fibrinolysins
fibrinolysis (current term)
fibrinolysokinase
fibrinolytic
fibrinolytic agent
fibrinolytic purpura
fibrinopeptide
fibrinopeptide a
fibrinopeptide b
fibrinopeptides
fibrinoplastic
fibrinoplastin
fibrinopurulent
fibrinopurulent inflammation
fibrinoscopy
fibrinous

Literary usage of Fibrinolysis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Manual of Vital Function Testing Methods and Their Interpretation by Wilfred Mason Barton (1917)
"Estimation of fibrinolysis Time as an Index of Hepatic Function. Goodpasture Test 29 Very recently, Goodpasture has called attention to the interesting and ..."

2. The Newer physiology in surgical and general practice by Arthur J. Rendle Short (1915)
"The physiology of the coagulation of the blood—fibrinolysis— Haemophilia—Pathology of hemophilia—Treatment of haemophilia—The therapeutics of calcium salts. ..."

3. A Text-book of physiological chemistry by Olof Hammarsten, John Alfred Mandel (1908)
"This fibrinolysis must be prevented in the exact quantitative estimation of fibrin ... The blood constituents that are active in fibrinolysis are still not ..."

4. A Text-book of Physiological Chemistry by Olof Hammarsten (1911)
"This fibrinolysis must be prevented in the exact quantitative estimation of ... The blood constituents that are active in fibrinolysis are still unknown, ..."

5. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"This substance may be identical with the substance in serum that arrests fibrinolysis; this however, has not been confirmed so far. ..."

6. Alcohols Effect on Organ Function edited by Dianne M. Welsh (1997)
"Reeder and colleagues (1996) suggested that the interaction between alcohol consumption and fibrinolysis may involve the influence of rhythmic daily ..."

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