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Definitions for fibrinolysinˌfaɪ brəˈnɒl ə sɪn

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

fi•bri•nol•y•sinˌfaɪ brəˈnɒl ə sɪn(n.)

  1. Category: Biochemistry

    Ref: plasmin.

Origin of fibrinolysin:

1910–15

Princeton's WordNet

  1. plasmin, fibrinolysin(noun)

    an enzyme that dissolves the fibrin of blood clots

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  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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