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Answer for the clue "The process of breaking up and dissolving blood clots ", 12 letters:
thrombolysis

Word definitions for thrombolysis in dictionaries

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n. the process of breaking up and dissolving blood clots

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The break down of blood clots by pharmacological means.

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Thrombolysis is the breakdown ( lysis ) of blood clots by pharmacological means, and commonly called clot busting . It works by stimulating secondary fibrinolysis by plasmin through infusion of analogs of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), the protein ...