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fibrinolytic

adjective/ˌfaɪbrɪnəʊˈlɪtɪk/

C2CEFR level
92/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

Promoting the breakdown of fibrin and hence the dissolution of blood clots.

Fibrinolytic treatment was withheld because the patient had undergone major surgery the previous week.

Similar: thrombolytic

Topic: Pharmacology in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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