thrombolytic agent

English Thesaurus

1. a kind of pharmaceutical that can break up clots blocking the flow of blood to the heart muscle (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	pharmaceutic, pharmaceutical,
definition	:	drug or medicine that is prepared or dispensed in pharmacies and used in medical treatment (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	activase, tissue plasminogen activator,
definition	:	a thrombolytic agent (trade name Activase) that causes fibrinolysis at the site of a blood clot; used in treating acute myocardial infarction (noun.artifact)