Definitions of FIBRINOLYSIN

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1. (noun) plasmin, fibrinolysin
an enzyme that dissolves the fibrin of blood clots

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1. FIBRINOLYSIN
A product of the lysis of plasminogen (profibrinolysin) by PLASMINOGEN activators. It is composed of two polypeptide chains, light (B) and heavy (A), with a molecular weight of 75,000. It is the major proteolytic enzyme involved in blood clot retraction or the lysis of fibrin and quickly inactivated by antiplasmins.

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fibrin fibrinase fibrinogen fibrinolysin fibrinolysis fibrinopeptide fibrinous

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