thrombolytic, a. and n. Med.
(θrɒmbəʊˈlɪtɪk)
[f. thrombo- + lytic a.]
A. adj. Pertaining to or causing the dissolving and breaking down of a thrombus. B. n. A thrombolytic agent.
| 1962 A. P. Fletcher et al. in Amer. Jrnl. Med. XXXIII. 738/1 The adjective ‘thrombolytic’ will be used to designate biochemical moieties capable of inducing thrombolysis. 1965 Zeitschr. f. d. Ges. Innere Med. XX. 720/2 The thrombolytics really have enriched the palette of antithrombotics. 1971 Times 6 Aug. 4/1 Deaths among patients admitted to hospital with coronary thrombosis have been cut by a third in a trial of a compound, streptokinase... The thrombolytic treatment was assessed in 700 patients in eight hospital centres. 1974 R. M. Kirk in R. M. Kirk et al. Surgery ii. 14/1 The thrombus may be removed surgically; at present this is less expensive than giving thrombolytics. |