Associations to the word «Thrombolytic»

Wiktionary

THROMBOLYTIC, adjective. Of, pertaining to, or causing thrombolysis.
THROMBOLYTIC, noun. Any drug that causes thrombolysis.

Dictionary definition

THROMBOLYTIC, noun. A kind of pharmaceutical that can break up clots blocking the flow of blood to the heart muscle.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats