FIBRINOLYSIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fibrinolysin mean? 

• FIBRINOLYSIN (noun)
  The noun FIBRINOLYSIN has 1 sense:

1. an enzyme that dissolves the fibrin of blood clots

  Familiarity information: FIBRINOLYSIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FIBRINOLYSIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An enzyme that dissolves the fibrin of blood clots

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

fibrinolysin; plasmin

Hypernyms ("fibrinolysin" is a kind of...):

enzyme (any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fibrinolysin"):

plasminogen (an inactive form of plasmin that occurs in plasma and is converted to plasmin by organic solvents)

 Context examples 

Aminocaproic acid competitively inhibits activation of plasminogen, thereby reducing conversion of plasminogen to plasmin (fibrinolysin), an enzyme that degrades fibrin clots as well as fibrinogen and other plasma proteins including the procoagulant factors V and VIII.

(Aminocaproic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)