UROKINASE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Protease produced in the kidney that converts plasminogen to plasmin and so initiates fibrinolysis

Synonyms:

plasminogen activator; urokinase

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("urokinase" is a kind of...):

peptidase; protease; proteinase; proteolytic enzyme (any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis)

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