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fibrinolysin

[ fahy-bruh-nol-uh-sin ]

noun

, Biochemistry.
  1. a proteolytic enzyme, formed in the blood from plasminogen, that causes the breakdown of the fibrin in blood clots.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of fibrinolysin1

First recorded in 1910–15; fibrino- + lysin

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