What is "thrombolysis"

n. The break down of blood clots by pharmacological means.

n. the process of breaking up and dissolving blood clots

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 that normally activates plasmin.