urokinase

[ yoor-uh-kahy-neys, -neyz ]

nounBiochemistry, Pharmacology.
  1. an enzyme, present in the blood and urine of mammals, that activates plasminogen and is used medicinally to dissolve blood clots.

Origin of urokinase

1
First recorded in 1955–60; uro-1 + kinase

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