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UROKINASE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Protease produced in the kidney that converts plasminogen to plasmin and so initiates fibrinolysis
Synonyms:
plasminogen activator; urokinase
Classified under:
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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