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THROMBOLYSIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does thrombolysis mean?
• THROMBOLYSIS (noun)
The noun THROMBOLYSIS has 1 sense:
1. the process of breaking up and dissolving blood clots
Familiarity information: THROMBOLYSIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The process of breaking up and dissolving blood clots
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("thrombolysis" is a kind of...):
lysis ((biochemistry) dissolution or destruction of cells such as blood cells or bacteria)
Context examples
Reperfusion therapy includes thrombolysis and primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
(Coronary Reperfusion Procedure, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)
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