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fibrinolysis

fib·ri·no·lysis

uncommon

noun

1.

a normal ongoing process that dissolves fibrin and results in the removal of small blood clots

  • “drugs causing fibrinolysis have been utilized therapeutically”

Origin

From fibrino- + -lysis.

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