Enzyme
plasmin Audio
plas·min [ plaz-min ]
Definitions related to plasmin:
  • An enzyme that breaks down the protein involved in clotting blood (fibrin), dissolving the clot.
    Harvard Dictionary of Health Terms
    Harvard Medical Publishing, 2011
  • Serine endopeptidase occurring in plasma as plasminogen, activated via cleavage by plasminogen activators solubilizes fibrin clots and also degrades various proteins including fibrinogen and coagulation factors V and VII.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • (fibrinolysin) A product of the lysis of plasminogen (profibrinolysin) by PLASMINOGEN activators. It is composed of two polypeptide chains, light (B) and heavy (A), with a molecular weight of 75,000. It is the major proteolytic enzyme involved in blood clot retraction or the lysis of fibrin and quickly inactivated by antiplasmins.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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