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UROKINASE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does urokinase mean?

• UROKINASE (noun)
The noun UROKINASE has 1 sense:

1. protease produced in the kidney that converts plasminogen to plasmin and so initiates fibrinolysis

Familiarity information: UROKINASE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• UROKINASE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

plasminogen activator; urokinase

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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