Etymology

fibrinolysis

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Today it means: The process wherein a fibrin clot, the product of coagulation, is broken down. Full definition →

Ancient Greek λῠ́σῐς (lŭ́sĭs) ← Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- ← English fibrino-
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The story

  1. Englishfibrino-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  3. Ancient Greekλύω (lúō)
  4. Ancient Greekλῠ́σῐς (lŭ́sĭs)
  5. English todayfibrinolysis

From fibrino- + -lysis.

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