THROMBOLYTIC AGENT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

clot buster; thrombolytic; thrombolytic agent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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)

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