noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The process wherein a fibrin clot, the product of coagulation, is broken down. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   a normal ongoing process that dissolves fibrin and results in the removal of small blood clots wordnet

Etymology

From fibrino- + -lysis.

Related phrases

break down

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