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Profibrinolysin

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fibrinolysinnoun(biochemistry) An enzyme derived from plasma of bovine origin, or extracted from cultures of certain bacteria, that attacks and inactivates fibrin.
fibrinolysisnounThe process wherein a fibrin clot, the product of coagulation, is broken down.
fibrinolyticOf, pertaining to, or producing fibrinolysis.
thromboplastinnoun(biochemistry) A protease that converts prothrombin to thrombin during the clotting of blood.
thrombokinasenoun(biochemistry) A proteolytic enzyme that converts prothrombin into thrombin during the clotting of blood
afibrinogenemianoun(medicine) A blood disorder in which the blood does not clot normally due to a lack of, or a malfunction involving, fibrinogen.
thrombolysisnounThe breaking down of blood clots by pharmacological or other means.
prothrombinasenoun(biochemistry) A complex that catalyzes the conversion of prothrombin to thrombin in the presence of calcium ions.
phycobilinnoun(biochemistry) Any of a group of bilins (pigments derived from porphyrins) found in some photosynthetic algae; they are open-chain tetrapyrroles related to mammalian bile pigments.
thrombinnoun(biochemistry) An enzyme in blood that facilitates blood clotting by converting fibrinogen to fibrin (by means of ionized calcium).
thrombolyticnoun(pharmacology) Any drug that causes thrombolysis.
plasminogennoun(biochemistry) The inactive precursor to plasmin; profibrinolysin
hemolysinnoun(medicine) Any substance (often an exotoxin) that damages the membranes of red blood cells and thus releases hemoglobin.
bacteriolysisnounThe destruction of bacteria by lysis
antistreptolysinnoun(biochemistry, immunology) An antibody made against streptolysin.
fenofibratenoun(pharmacology) A lipid-regulating drug C₂₀H₂₁ClO₄ that is administered orally to reduce levels of LDL, triglyceride, and apolipoprotein B and increase levels of HDL and is used chiefly to treat hypercholesterolemia and hypertriglyceridemia. It is metabolized in the liver to form pharmacologically-active fenofibric acid, and is marketed under the trademarks Antara, Fenoglide, Lipofen, Lofibra, TriCor, and Triglide.
thrombospondinnoun(biochemistry) Any of a family of glycoproteins secreted into the extracellular matrix by various types of cell, which play a role in cellular adhesion in processes including thrombocyte aggregation, tumor metastasis, and angiogenesis.
pancreatinnounA mixture of several digestive enzymes produced by the exocrine cells of the pancreas, composed of amylase, lipase and protease.
fibrinogennounA protein that in humans plays a role in the formation of clots.
thrombopoiesisnoun(biochemistry) The process of thrombocyte generation.

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