HyperDic: thrombolytic

English > 1 sense of the word *thrombolytic*:
NOUN	artifact	thrombolytic, thrombolytic agent, clot buster	a kind of pharmaceutical that can break up clots blocking the flow of blood to the heart muscle

thrombolytic > pronunciation
Sounds	thraa.mbowlih'tihk
Rhymes	academic ... Zurich: 733 rhymes with ihk...

English > *thrombolytic*: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
Meaning	A kind of pharmaceutical that can break up clots blocking the flow of blood to the heart muscle.
Synonyms	thrombolytic agent, clot buster
Narrower	tissue plasminogen activator, Activase	A thrombolytic agent (trade name Activase) that causes fibrinolysis at the site of a blood clot
Broader	pharmaceutical, pharmaceutic	drug or medicine that is prepared or dispensed in pharmacies and used in medical treatment
Spanish	trombolítico
Catalan	trombolític