fibrinolysin

[fahy-bruh-nol-uh-sin]

noun Biochemistry.

a proteolytic enzyme, formed in the blood from plasminogen, that causes the breakdown of the fibrin in blood clots.

Origin of fibrinolysin

First recorded in 1910–15; fibrino- + lysin

Also called plasmin.

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fibrinolysin in Medicine

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