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fibrinolytic

fibrinolytic adjective: of, pertaining to, or producing fibrinolysis.

Adjective

fibrinolytic (comparative more fibrinolytic, superlative most fibrinolytic)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or producing fibrinolysis.
    • A recent study focused on the enzymatic and cytotoxic functions of jellyfish metalloproteases and identified diverse proteolytic effects including gelatinolytic, caseinolytic, and fibrinolytic activities.2015 June 18, Mahdokht Jouiaei et al., “Ancient Venom Systems: A Review on Cnidaria Toxins”, in Toxins, volume 7, →DOI

Noun

fibrinolytic (plural fibrinolytics)

  1. A substance or drug that produces fibrinolysis.

Forms of fibrinolytic

Adjective
comparativemore fibrinolytic
superlativemost fibrinolytic
Noun
pluralfibrinolytics

Origin of fibrinolytic

From fibrino- + -lytic.

Words formed from fibrinolytic

Questions about fibrinolytic

What does fibrinolytic mean?
Fibrinolytic means of, pertaining to, or producing fibrinolysis.
What part of speech is fibrinolytic?
Fibrinolytic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near fibrinolytic in the dictionary

  1. fibrinoids
  2. fibrinolyses
  3. fibrinolysin
  4. fibrinolysins
  5. fibrinolysis
  6. fibrinolytic
  7. fibrinolytically
  8. fibrinolytics
  9. fibrinolyze
  10. fibrinolyzed
  11. fibrinolyzes

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