Definition that contains blood clot
- coronary obstruction of blood flow in a coronary artery by a blood clot (thrombus)
- thrombus a blood clot formed within a blood vessel and remaining attached to its place of origin
- platelet tiny bits of protoplasm found in vertebrate blood; essential for blood clotting
- fibrinogen a protein present in blood plasma; converts to fibrin when blood clots
- fibrin a white insoluble fibrous protein formed by the action of thrombin on fibrinogen when blood clots; it forms a network that traps red cells and platelets
- thrombolysis the process of breaking up and dissolving blood clots
- streptokinase an enzyme produced by some strains of streptococcus that can liquefy blood clots by converting plasminogen to plasmin; used medicinally in some cases of myocardial infarction and pulmonary embolism
- blood clotting a process in which liquid blood is changed into a semisolid mass (a blood clot)
- fibrinolysis a normal ongoing process that dissolves fibrin and results in the removal of small blood clots
- pulmonary embolism blockage of the pulmonary artery by foreign matter or by a blood clot