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Definitions of blood clot
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  • 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
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