1) Lysis 2) Vascular procedure 
Thrombolysis is the breakdown (lysis) of blood clots by pharmacological means, and commonly called clot busting. It works by stimulating secondary fibrinolysis by plasmin through infusion of analogs of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), the protein that normally activates plasmin. ==Agents== Thrombolysis mainly involves the use of thrombolytic dr...
The process of breaking up a thrombus (blood clot) that is blocking blood flow. The blood clot may be dissolved using drugs delivered through a catheter (tube) into the clot.
Fluidifying or dissolving of a thrombus. ... Origin: thrombo-+ G. Lysis, a dissolving ... (05 Mar 2000) ... 
(throm-bol´ĭ-sis) dissolution of a thrombus.
Type: Term Pronunciation: throm-bol′i-sis Definitions: 1. Fluidifying or dissolving of a thrombus.
[n] - the process of breaking up and dissolving blood clots
noun the process of breaking up and dissolving blood clots
The process wherein blood clots are dissolved or broken down.
The breaking up of a blood clot.