THROMBOLYTIC AGENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does thrombolytic agent mean? 

• THROMBOLYTIC AGENT (noun)
  The noun THROMBOLYTIC AGENT has 1 sense:

1. a kind of pharmaceutical that can break up clots blocking the flow of blood to the heart muscle

  Familiarity information: THROMBOLYTIC AGENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THROMBOLYTIC AGENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A kind of pharmaceutical that can break up clots blocking the flow of blood to the heart muscle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

clot buster; thrombolytic; thrombolytic agent

Hypernyms ("thrombolytic agent" is a kind of...):

pharmaceutic; pharmaceutical (drug or medicine that is prepared or dispensed in pharmacies and used in medical treatment)

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

Activase; tissue plasminogen activator (a thrombolytic agent (trade name Activase) that causes fibrinolysis at the site of a blood clot; used in treating acute myocardial infarction)

 Context examples 

It is a type of systemic thrombolytic agent.

(Activase, NCI Dictionary)