A normal ongoing process that dissolves fibrin and results in the removal of small blood clots

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n. The process wherein a fibrin clot, the product of coagulation, is break down.

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n. a normal ongoing process that dissolves fibrin and results in the removal of small blood clots; "drugs causing fibrinolysis have been utilized therapeutically"

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Fibrinolysis is a process that prevents blood clots from growing and becoming problematic. This process has two types: primary fibrinolysis and secondary fibrinolysis. The primary type is a normal body process, whereas secondary fibrinolysis is the breakdown ...