Definition

Noun: - The process of breaking up and dissolving blood clots: Thrombolysis is a medical treatment that uses drugs (thrombolytic agents) to dissolve dangerous blood clots that block blood vessels, restoring normal blood flow.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Doctors performed emergency thrombolysis to treat the patient's heart attack.
  • The success of thrombolysis depends on how quickly it is administered after a stroke.
  • Thrombolysis is a critical procedure for dissolving clots in cases of pulmonary embolism.

Advanced Usage

• "Pharmacological thrombolysis": Refers specifically to thrombolysis achieved using clot-dissolving drugs, as opposed to mechanical methods.
  • Pharmacological thrombolysis is the standard initial treatment for an ischemic stroke.
• "Thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI)": A common term in cardiology referring to the use of this process for heart attacks.
  • The patient's flow was restored to TIMI grade 3 after successful thrombolysis.

Variants and Related Words

• Thrombolytic (adj): Relating to or causing thrombolysis.
  • The patient received a thrombolytic drug.
• Thrombolytic (n): A drug used to cause thrombolysis.
  • Alteplase is a commonly used thrombolytic.
• Thrombolyse (verb, chiefly British English): To perform thrombolysis on.
  • The medical team decided to thrombolyse the clot.

Synonyms

• Clot dissolution: The breaking down of a blood clot.
• Fibrinolysis: A more specific term for the breakdown of clots by enzymatic action, often a key part of thrombolysis.

Noun

1. the process of breaking up and dissolving blood clots