thrombolysis

[throm-bol-uh-sis]

noun

Medicine/Medical.

1. the dissolving or breaking up of a thrombus.

thrombolysis

/ ˌθrɒmˈbɒlɪsɪs /

noun

1. the breaking up of a blood clot

Other Word Forms

• thrombolytic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of thrombolysis¹

Probably earlier than 1960–65; thrombo- + -lysis

Example Sentences

Her family said Brighton's new £500m hospital had a stroke unit staffed by specialists, but their mother, on arrival, was given contradictory advice from clinicians regarding the implications of a clot-removing thrombolysis.

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Over the 500 days it was running, the group operated round the clock and analysed 38,700 ECGs, handled 19,395 cases and administered thrombolysis 778 times to clear blocked veins.

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They performed emergency thrombolysis to break down the blood clot in Aberdeen before flying her to a specialist neurological unit in Edinburgh.

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Many patients are given the drug alteplase to break down and disperse the clot - a treatment known as thrombolysis.

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The academy's review, which starts on Wednesday, will also consider the use of the clot-busting stroke treatment alteplase - a technique called thrombolysis.

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