fibrinolysis
noun
fibrinolysis is a noun meaning “The process wherein a fibrin clot, the product of coagulation, is broken down” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-I-B-R-I-N-O-L-Y-S-I-S, and it appears about once in every 32 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of fibrinolysis is fibrinolyses.
What does fibrinolysis mean?
noun
- 1
The process wherein a fibrin clot, the product of coagulation, is broken down.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of fibrinolysis
- fibrinolyses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fibrinolysis?
Fibrinolysis appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 171,907th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Fibrinolysis in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense process wherein a fibrin clot, the product of coagulation, is broken down:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | fibrinolisis, fibrinólisis |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does fibrinolysis come from?
From fibrino- + -lysis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).