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plasmin

plasmin noun: a proteolytic enzyme that dissolves the fibrin in blood clots.

Noun

plasmin (countable and uncountable, plural plasmins)

  1. A proteolytic enzyme that dissolves the fibrin in blood clots.

Forms of plasmin

pluralplasmins

Origin of plasmin

From plasma + -in.

Words formed from plasmin

Questions about plasmin

What does plasmin mean?
Plasmin means a proteolytic enzyme that dissolves the fibrin in blood clots.
What part of speech is plasmin?
Plasmin is a noun.
What is the plural of plasmin?
The plural of plasmin is plasmins.

Words near plasmin in the dictionary

  1. plasmids
  2. plasmiductant
  3. plasmiductants
  4. plasmiduction
  5. plasmify
  6. plasmin
  7. plasminemia
  8. plasminergic
  9. plasminogen
  10. plasminogenesis
  11. plasminogens

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